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India's 'cockroach' movement to protest from Oct. 2 if poll chief does not quit by Saturday

The party cited alleged voter-roll irregularities and said 14 objections by two commissioners show the poll body acted without proper checks.

  • On Thursday, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign within 48 hours, threatening nationwide agitation and an indefinite sit-in in Delhi if he refuses.
  • Dipke's ultimatum followed an Indian Express investigation revealing Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to Special Intensive Revision decisions.
  • Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleged with "100% certainty" that recent elections were "rigged," accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Kumar of being "deshdrohis" for destroying India's vote.
  • Opposition parties launched nationwide protests on Friday demanding Kumar's arrest and removal, while preparing a fresh impeachment motion for submission in both Houses of Parliament within the coming weeks.
  • The Election Commission maintains all decisions were unanimous and legal, yet Dipke argued opposition parties must stop participating in allegedly "rigged" elections to avoid creating an "illusion" of fairness.
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ABP News broke the news in India on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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