Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has said that while the outfit supports the INDIA bloc’s rally at Ramlila Maidan against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, it will not participate in it.
“By undermining this very principle through SIR, Gyanesh Kumar has lost the trust required to oversee free and fair elections. He added that the issue of alleged electoral irregularities was not limited to any one organisation and that the CJP would extend support to groups raising concerns over alleged vote theft. Follow INDIA bloc rally LIVE updates here.
His resignation is therefore necessary to restore the credibility and independence of the Election Commission,” the CJP said in a statement on X. Opposition leaders are holding a ‘Chalo Dilli’ march against alleged electoral irregularities and to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday (November 1). Nearly 10,000 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in central Delhi on Sunday.
Dipke said the CJP supported the cause but would maintain its independent identity. “We support the protest tomorrow, we stand in solidarity, but the Cockroach Janta Party is an independent organisation; it is a neutral platform, and we want to keep it that way,” he said after meeting former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday. “Anybody who will fight against this vote theft, we will support all organisations,” he said. However, while the INDIA bloc is expecting “nearly one million people” to attend their rally from across the country, the police have planned for about 50,000, the capacity of the Ramlila Maidan. Police have said any overflow would be held back on the surrounding streets.
The outfit had earlier also extended its support to the INDIA bloc’s rally, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
