Cockroach Janta Party national convenor Abhijeet Dipke said on Friday that the agitation would begin in Mumbai on October 2 and then spread to other cities. His announcement followed the organisation’s New Delhi press conference on Thursday, where it demanded Kumar’s resignation within 48 hours and threatened a countrywide campaign if he remained in office.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”1″}
The CJP has accused the Election Commission leadership of compromising the integrity of electoral rolls and limiting the ability of eligible citizens to exercise their franchise. These are allegations by the organisation and have not been established by a court. The Election Commission has said differences within the institution are normal and that its actions are lawful.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”2″}
Dipke, accompanied at Thursday’s press conference by co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, announced an “Election Commission Thik Karo” campaign and called for an independent examination of decisions affecting voter registration, deletion and restoration.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”3″}
The organisation’s demands emerged after disclosures that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded objections on multiple occasions to administrative decisions concerning electoral-roll systems. The reported disagreements included issues linked to centralised software and access to data used in managing voter lists.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”4″}
CJP said those objections required a public explanation from the Commission and argued that decisions affecting inclusion or exclusion from electoral rolls should be transparent and subject to institutional safeguards. It also questioned whether constituency-level electoral registration officers had sufficient practical authority when decisions were processed through centralised technology.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”5″}
The organisation additionally demanded that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls be halted and that voter lists be restored to their earlier position pending scrutiny. It called for upcoming Assembly elections in states affected by the revision exercise to be frozen until, in its view, the disputed questions were resolved.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”6″}
The Election Commission’s voter portal currently identifies the Special Intensive Revision as an active 2026 exercise and provides facilities for registration, deletion and verification. Under the statutory framework, electoral rolls are prepared and revised through designated election authorities, with mechanisms for claims, objections and appeals.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”7″}
Dipke has framed the dispute as a question of voting rights, alleging that citizens are being excluded through an opaque process. CJP has also urged opposition parties to reconsider participating in elections while simultaneously alleging that the electoral process is compromised, arguing that participation could confer legitimacy on a system they criticise.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”8″}
Opposition parties have separately raised concerns over voter deletions and the conduct of roll revisions in several states. The Election Commission has rejected accusations that its processes are designed to favour any political party and has repeatedly said eligible electors have avenues to seek inclusion or correction.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”9″}
The CJP’s threatened mobilisation marks an escalation from its demand for institutional explanations to a fixed protest timetable. Dipke said the first demonstration would take place in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, before the campaign moves to other parts of the country.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”10″}
The group had initially warned of another prolonged Delhi mobilisation, referring to a possible “Jantar Mantar 2.0”, if Kumar did not leave office. Its Friday statement instead identified Mumbai as the starting point of the planned nationwide action.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”11″}
A petition filed before the Bombay High Court’s Kolhapur Bench has separately challenged 14 Election Commission administrative actions and sought restoration of voters allegedly deleted during the Special Intensive Revision in Maharashtra. The petition also seeks to halt the revision process in the state and relies on claims that other election commissioners had objected to the disputed decisions.:chatgpt-content-reference{index=”12″}
