CJP to launch nationwide protest from Oct 2, seeks Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
Here's the latest protest news from across India:
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has revealed a nationwide agitation from October 2 over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and greater accountability in the functioning of the Election Commission.
Adding to this, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday shared the agitation will begin with a protest in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti. (REUTERS) Dipke on Thursday shared the agitation will begin with a protest in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti and will subsequently be taken to different parts of the country before culminating in a sit-in at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The CJP’s demands include freezing the 2025 electoral roll, holding elections on its basis and introducing a transparent process for appointing the next Election Commissioner.
Meanwhile, “The CJP’s three principal demands are the resignation of Kumar, freezing of the electoral roll prepared in 2025 and holding elections on the basis of that roll, and a transparent and independent process for appointing the next Election Commissioner, with participation from civil society,” he shared.
Notably, This comes amid the ongoing political row over the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) following a report in a national daily which claimed that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections at least 14 times over 10 months regarding decisions and procedures related to the SIR exercise.
As per the latest buzz, Dipke shared that the agitation will continue until Kumar resigns. “People have completely lost faith in the electoral process,” Dipke shared.
In further updates, Questioning the revision of electoral rolls, he alleged that the government was deciding who would remain on the voters’ list. He also alleged that the Election Commission was functioning under the influence of the political executive.
On top of that, Dipke claimed that around 13 crore rupees voters were deleted from electoral rolls since 2024. He linked the alleged deletions to the close vote-share difference between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition INDIA bloc in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and argued that large-scale changes to electoral rolls could have implications for election outcomes.
He also alleged that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls had raised questions about voters’ rights. “There is only an illusion of democracy right now,” he shared.
Source: Hindustan Times