CJP’s Dipke questions Modi’s backing for Gyanesh

Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), questioned on Thursday why the central government was protecting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Addressing a press conference at the Press Club of India, Dipke alleged that authorities had shut down railway services, closed metro stations, and deployed extra security forces in Delhi ahead of an upcoming protest.

He questioned the importance of Kumar to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and why the government felt the need to bring the city to a standstill.Dipke also criticized the treatment of protesters, specifically naming opposition leaders Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, and Pinarayi Vijayan, as well as former chief ministers. He questioned the necessity of these measures for an agitation over the Chief Election Commissioner.During the press conference, AISA leader Neha Bora echoed Dipke's concerns, stating that the movement for voting rights and against Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was a struggle for democracy, not just for an individual or a political party.

She accused the detention of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka of suppressing the broader movement.Bora alleged that the police response to the protests included the harassment of journalists covering the event, citing the detention of journalists despite their press credentials and a counter-FIR against a woman journalist for sexual harassment.