Opening a new front as part of its pressure campaign on Thursday, the Cockroach Janata Party demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and warned of starting a nationwide agitation if this did not happen within 48 hours.
Holding a press conference a day after an Indian Express report stated that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised questions about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls but their concerns were not heard, CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke said in Hindi, “The report that came out yesterday regarding the Election Commission proves that Gyanesh Kumar, the Chief Election Commissioner, is the biggest traitor to this nation. He is the biggest anti-national in this country, and he should resign immediately. Why is he an anti-national? “What did democracy mean in our country? It meant the public gets to choose the government and the people decide who they vote for. But ever since Gyanesh Kumar took over as Chief Election Commissioner, the government decides who votes and who does not. What kind of definition of democracy is this? You have turned democracy upside down. This is not democracy, this is autocracy. And its biggest criminal, the biggest anti-national behind this right now, is Gyanesh Kumar,” he alleged.
Because he is the biggest threat to India’s democracy. Giving out figures of deletions in various states as part of the SIR, Dipke said 13 crore votes have been cancelled and accused Kumar of doing everything to ensure that the BJP remains in power.
