CJP vows to press on until Gyanesh Kumar resigns

Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has urged Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign, warning of nationwide protests if he does not. Speaking at a press conference in Mumbai, Dipke vowed that the protests will persist until Kumar steps down, with demonstrations planned in Goa, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand, followed by a rally at Jantar Mantar in Delhi post-October.

He also demanded a transparent appointment process for the CEC, including civil society involvement, and called for the 2025 voter list to be frozen. This comes after Opposition parties criticized Kumar for his role in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, particularly when Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised objections to decisions, alleging they were issued without their knowledge.

The Election Commission, however, stated that all decisions, including those related to SIR, were made unanimously. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena (UBT) will organize a rally against the Election Commission in Mumbai on October 4.