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India's 'cockroach' movement to protest from Oct. 2 if poll chief does not quit by Saturday
The youth-led group cites alleged voter-roll irregularities and says it will launch a nationwide agitation and Delhi sit-in if he stays in office.
- On Thursday, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign within 48 hours, threatening nationwide protests if he refuses.
- Dipke's ultimatum followed an Indian Express investigation revealing that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to SIR decisions taken without their knowledge.
- Allegations suggest the Special Intensive Revision process removed over 130 million names across 30 states to benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party , though the Election Commission maintains all decisions were legal and unanimous.
- Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have intensified calls for Kumar's criminal prosecution, alleging the voter manipulation constitutes an "act of treason" against democracy.
- Beyond mass protests, legal petitions filed in the Supreme Court seek criminal prosecution of Election Commission officials for statutory violations, while opposition parties prepare a third parliamentary removal motion.
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