‘If Gyanesh doesn’t go…’: Aaditya Thackeray backs Dipke's call for protest against CEC; CJP founder reacts
On Friday, Abhijeet Dipke announced that he would launch a nationwide protest from Mumbai if CEC Gyanesh Kumar did not resign by Saturday.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has rallied behind Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), in his call for a nationwide protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Thackeray emphasized the importance of protests if Kumar fails to resign by Saturday, stating that "Mumbai will step out against Vote Chori from 2nd October, in huge numbers!!!"
Dipke had previously announced a nationwide protest from Mumbai, expanding to cities across India on October 2, if Kumar did not step down. The protest comes amidst a row over electoral processes and the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls following a media report. Dipke accused Kumar of being a "biggest threat to Indian democracy" and claimed the Election Commission was deciding who would remain on voter rolls.
The Election Commission, however, dismissed suggestions of an institutional breakdown, maintaining that its decisions were unanimous.
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