{
  "id": 11505222,
  "title": "Gen Next Mumbai Holds Counter-Protest Near Mantralaya As CJP Stages Stir Against Election Commission At Shivaji Park",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/gen-next-mumbai-holds-counter-protest-near-mantralaya-as-cjp-stages",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T18:03:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/gen-next-mumbai-holds-counter-protest-near-mantralaya-as-cjp-stages-stir-against-election-commission-at-shivaji-park"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai witnessed a counter-protest near Mantralaya on Friday, as Gen Next activists staged a demonstration to oppose the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and its protest against the Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Approximately 150 young individuals gathered near Dr BR Ambedkar's statue, raising slogans against Dipke, the CJP, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and the CJP's agitation.\n\nCJP has been protesting the functioning of the Election Commission and has demanded the Chief Election Commissioner's resignation, the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, and conducting the 2029 elections based on the 2025 electoral rolls. The counter-protesters, associated with right-wing groups, held their demonstration for around half an hour. They later returned to the spot and continued their agitation after the protesters appeared to have dispersed.\n\nPolice personnel were present at the site, focusing on ensuring that the demonstration did not disrupt traffic at the bustling junction near Mantralaya. The police did not intervene in the protest.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: While the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), founded by Abhijit Dipke, staged a protest at Shivaji Park against the Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, a group of Gen Next activists held a counter-protest near Mantralaya on Friday. Around 150 Join Demonstration Around 150 young men and women gathered near the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar outside Mantralaya and raised…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}