The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the Gen-Z youth protest movement whose sit-in at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar led to the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in July, will hold a protest in Mumbai today to press for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation .
A similiar protest has been announced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), All India Students’ Association (AISA), National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and Indian Youth Congress (IYC) at Jantar Mantar. “I am not afraid of going to jail. “But I really appreciate the efforts of the INDIA alliance.
Asked about the planned protest by Opposition MPs on October 6 against the Election Commission, he said the CJP won’t be a part of any political programme and will remain an independent movement. The CJP and opposition parties have been criticising Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanding 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.
The order has been enforced to ensure public safety, maintain public order and facilitate smooth traffic movement, a senior police officer said. The CJP has said it will hold a protest at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park to demand Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. I will come back to protest again, again and again,” the CJP leader said when asked about police denying them permission. Every Indian must speak about election rigging and INDIA alliance should do it as well,” he said.
