CJP announces October 10 protest over demand for election chief’s resignation
The Cockroach Janta Party says it will return to Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on October 10 if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign. Founder Abhijeet Dipke said the group was protesting alleged irregularities in the revision of electoral rolls and promised a peaceful demonstration.
The Cockroach Janta Party has announced plans for another protest in Delhi on October 10 if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke made the announcement a day after the group held a demonstration at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, despite police denying permission. The party is seeking Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Dipke said what he described as “cockroaches from across India” would march to Jantar Mantar. He added that if Delhi Police stopped the protesters elsewhere, the location would become their protest site. He said the demonstration would be peaceful and urged the government and police not to repeat what he called the “brutality” witnessed on July 20.
Dipke said the movement would follow the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi. The supplied material identifies an Indian Express investigation into an internal rift within the Election Commission as the immediate trigger for the CJP’s protest against Kumar. It also says the party previously led a month-long Jantar Mantar agitation over examination-paper leaks, after which Dharmendra Pradhan left his position as education minister.
No response from the Election Commission or Delhi Police is included in the source material.
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