CJP activists getting police notices, being pressured not to participate in agitations, claims Abhijeet Dipke

Cockroach Janta Party CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday said that the activists supporting the organisation were getting police notices and were being pressured not to participate in agitationsIn a post on X Dipke wrote Maharashtra Police is sending notices to CJP volunteers asking for their Delhi travel expenses and threatening that the protest could turn violentIn the same post he question how can they make such a claim Is something already being planned to disrupt our peaceful protest Is protecting Gyanu CEC Gyanesh Kumar more important than the safety and security of citizensAddressing a press conference in Maharashtras Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Dipkeclaimed that the Chandrapur police had served notices to CJP activists asking them not to participate in the October 10 agitation at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and questioning them about the source of funds for their travel expensesI have said multiple times that the Maharashtra Police is the best police force in the country and the Delhi Police should learn from them But it is heartbreaking that the Chandrapur police served notices to CJP workers telling them not to participate in the agitation at Jantar Mantar They also asked about the source of the expenses for travelling to Jantar Mantar he said according to the PTITargeting the BJPled government Dipke also claimed One Nation One Election was merely a slogan and that the intention was one nation one political partyDelhiprotestThe CJP have announced a protest in Delhi on October 10Last week Abhijeet Dipkejoined in thousands of protesters at Mumbais Shivaji Park in Dadar to protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumarrsquos resignationMaharashtra Police is sending notices to CJP volunteers asking for their Delhi travel expenses and threatening that the protest could turn violent How can they make such a claim Is something already being planned to disrupt our peaceful protest Is protecting Gyanu more important than the safety and security of citizensmdash Abhijeet Dipke abhijeet_dipke October 6 2026Hours after the protest was over Dipke announced an agitation in Delhi on October 10 amid the ongoing row over the Election Commission and electoral roll revisionIn a post on X Abhijeet Dipke had said that supporters from across India would march to Delhi and protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10 if Kumar remained in office He said the proposed agitation would be peaceful and claimed that protesters would continue their march even if stopped by the Delhi PoliceProtest on Gandhi JayantiA massive protest was held at Shivaji Park on Gandhi Jayanti with police and security personnel deployed in large numbers around the areaProtesters carried the national flag and placards bearing messages such as Gyanesh BRO JUST RESIGNAddressing the gathering hesaid that the CJP would follow the path of Mahatma Gandhi and described the proposed Delhi protest as a peaceful andolanHe said the organisation would hold its protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10 if Kumar did not resign and questioned how the Delhi Police would respond to the proposed demonstrationDipke also referred to the police action witnessed during an earlier protest on July 20 saying the government and police would have to decide whether to respect the protesters right to peaceful assemblyCJPs demandThe CJP has been demanding Kumars resignation over its concerns regarding the Special Intensive Revision SIR of electoral rolls and the functioning of the Election CommissionThe organisation has also called for greater transparency in the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and demanded that the 2025 voter list be frozenThe agitation follows an Indian Express report that said Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded objections on at least 14 occasions over a 10month period concerning decisions and orders related to the electoral rolls and SIRwith PTI inputs