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IN PHOTOS: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke reaches Mumbai announces protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Oct 2
Updated On: 01 October, 2026 08:02 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has arrived in Mumbai and announced a protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on October 2. Pics/Ashish Raje

The protest is aimed at pressing for Kumar's resignation, along with demands related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the use of the 2025 voter list. Pics/Ashish Raje

Speaking at an interaction at the Mumbai Press Club, Dipke said the protest would be held at Shivaji Park in Dadar and would continue until Kumar steps down

Among the key demands are a freeze on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the use of the 2025 electoral rolls for elections

Dipke said protests will continue until Kumar steps down as the chief of the poll authority.said protests will continue until Kumar steps down as the chief of the poll authority

Protests will be held in Goa, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. If he does not resign, he said

A protest will be held at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi from October end, he said

Several Opposition parties have been critical of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanded his resignation, after it came to light that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded objections on at least 14 occasions over 10 months to decisions and orders, some of which they said were issued without their knowledge
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