Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday expressed support for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) after two of its leaders were sent to judicial custody in Delhi, saying the fight between the current regime and “patriotic young Indians” would continue until democracy was reclaimed.

Questioning the action against the party’s leaders, Thackeray asked in a post on X, “Since when has holding the national flag by young Indians become a crime?”