CJP's nationwide protest from Oct 2 if CEC Gyanesh Kumar doesn't resign: Abhijeet Dipke
Here's the latest protest news from across India:
Cockroach Janta Party Founder Abhijeet Dipke addresses a press conference alleging the Election Commission is stealing votes and demanding the resignation of the ECI Chief within 48 hours, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI) “If Gyanesh Kumar does not resign by tomorrow, CJP will begin its nationwide protest from Mumbai on 2 October, and take it to cities across India,” Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke shared.
Adding to this, The group shared the protests would begin in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti and subsequently be taken to cities across the country.
Meanwhile, “This Gandhi Jayanti let’s pledge to save democracy,” he shared.
Notably, Earlier on Thursday, CJP founder Dipke, accompanied by co-convener Saurav Das and Ranka, accused Gyanesh Kumar of undermining the electoral process and threatened a “Jantar Mantar 2.0” if the CEC did not resign within 48 hours.
As per the latest buzz, The CJP founder called Gyanesh the “biggest traitor”, “biggest anti-national” and the “biggest threat to Indian democracy”. He also alleged that the CEC had “rigged” the electoral process and was deciding who would be allowed to vote.
In further updates, Ranka sought criminal proceedings against Kumar, while Das alleged that young voters were being deliberately kept out of electoral rolls because the BJP believes that Gen Z does not support the party.
On top of that, The CJP's allegations come amid a fresh row over the functioning of the Election Commission following an Indian Express investigation. The report shared Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders that they shared were taken without their knowledge.
The objections as per reports concerned key aspects of electoral-roll management, including the addition, deletion and restoration of voters, changes to Form 6 and access to the Commission's electoral-roll database.
Source: Hindustan Times