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India's 'cockroach' movement to protest from Oct. 2 if poll chief does not quit by Saturday
The youth-led party cited alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions and said it would launch protests if the chief election official does not resign.
- 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 fails to step down.
- This demand follows an Indian Express investigation revealing that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions concerning SIR electoral-roll procedures and voter list software.
- Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi escalated criticism on Thursday, alleging with "100% certainty" that elections were "rigged" and accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of conspiracy to destroy democratic institutions.
- Nationwide protests erupted on Friday as Congress workers staged marches in Chandigarh, Patna, and Kolkata, demanding Kumar's arrest while police deployed water cannons to disperse crowds in multiple locations.
- Beyond immediate resignations, the Cockroach Janta Party seeks systemic reform, including repeal of the 2023 law governing election commissioner appointments and restoration of electoral rolls to January 2025 status pending independent inquiry.
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