'Cockroach' protesters demand India's election chief resign over voter list changes
The party says the voter-roll review has removed millions of names and could leave eligible voters off the lists.
- On Friday, the Cockroach Janta Party held a protest at Mumbai's Shivaji Park demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, despite Mumbai police denying permission and imposing area restrictions.
- The protests stem from controversy over the Election Commission's handling of electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision , after Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised objections at least 14 times regarding roll management.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis dismissed the allegations on Friday, stating the "fake narrative" had been "busted" following the Election Commissioner's press statement, while local residents opposed using Shivaji Park for demonstrations.
- Heavy police deployment surrounded Shivaji Park and Dadar railway station to enforce restrictions, while CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke stated he did not mind three months of police custody.
- The CJP plans to expand its campaign to Goa, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand, culminating in a proposed protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi later this month if demands remain unmet.
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The protest organized by the political-satiric group Cockroach Janta Party (People's Party of Boats) began in Mumbai to demand the resignation of the president of the Indian electoral commission, Gyanesh Kumar: it is reported by several local media,... (ANSA)
A survey published last month by the daily The Indian Express reported irregularities during a major revision of the electoral lists, which led to the removal of millions of names. The Electoral Commission (ECI), long considered one of the country's most respected institutions often called "the largest democracy in the world", rejected any accusation of irregularity in this process. Opposition officials accused Gyanese Kumar, the president of th…
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