Abhijeet Dipke explains why CJP is holding Mumbai protest against poll panel despite Jantar Mantar agitation outcome
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Abhijeet Dipke's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is set for its much-anticipated 'Jail Bharo Andolan' against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Shivaji Park in Maharashtra's Mumbai on Friday.
Adding to this, Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), speaks during a press conference before a protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, in Mumbai (REUTERS) While the immediate trigger for the protest is a news investigation that claimed an internal rift within the Election Commission, the decision to launch the agitation in Mumbai and not Delhi - where its earlier Jantar Mantar agitation against examination irregularities led to the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan - is deliberate. Track live updates from CJP protest here
Meanwhile, The agitation was slated to start at 4 pm on Friday near Gate No 6 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Park in Mumbai, Abhijeet Dipke shared on Thursday, adding that the stir will subsequently be taken to different parts of the country – such as Goa and Kolkata -- before culminating in a sit-in at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. “It will continue till Kumar resigns,” he shared.
Notably, Addressing a press conference in Mumbai on Thursday, CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke explained the reasoning behind the choice.
As per the latest buzz, "In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP won only nine seats out of 48 seats. In the Assembly elections held six months later, the scenario changed altogether. How did this change happen?" he shared, according to an Indian Express report.
In further updates, "It is in this context that we have chosen to start the agitation from Mumbai," Dipke shared.
On top of that, He also explained the choice in Marathi, saying, " Delhi che hi takth rakhto Maharashtra maza [Even the Delhi throne is guarded by Maharashtra]," the report quoted him as saying.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won nine of the 28 seats it contested in Maharashtra. Along with its alliance partners Shiv Sena (Seven) and Nationalist Congress Party NCP (One), the Mahayuti won 17 of the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats.
Source: Hindustan Times