Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pravin Darekar has described the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest at Mumbai's Shivaji Park as a "complete failure", claiming that the demonstration did not receive significant public support.

The CJP held the protest on October 2 against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The demonstration was part of a wider campaign by the youth-led group seeking changes in the functioning of the Election Commission and demanding Kumar's resignation. Reuters reported that hundreds of people participated in the Mumbai protest.