Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has urged Opposition parties to abstain from participating in elections if they suspect the electoral process is being manipulated. He argues that their involvement only serves to legitimize a system they deem flawed. Dipke’s comments were made during a statement on Friday, highlighting concerns about the integrity of the electoral process.
He compared the Opposition’s participation in elections to a fixed cricket match, where not every catch is deliberately dropped and the game may be taken to the final over to make the contest appear genuine. “… Because you fear that if you don’t, you will stop existing, “Maybe you keep contesting.
His remarks came a day after the CJP demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and threatened a nationwide agitation if he did not step down within 48 hours . I have shown it with proof, and there is already more than enough information to make this a 100 per cent certainty that Indian elections, Lok Sabha elections, 2024 election, Vidhan Sabha elections are all being rigged,” Congress leader said. Dipke’s comments come amid a fresh controversy over the functioning of the Election Commission after an Indian Express investigation reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders they said were taken without their knowledge.
He said Opposition parties could be handed a few wins – “the crumbs” – just enough to keep them contesting and make voters believe there was a real fight. “When you continue to participate in rigged elections, you legitimise these elections and help maintain the illusion that they are free and fair,” Dipke said in a post on X. But what kind of existence are you trying to protect when votes are being stolen, your MLAs and MPs are being poached, and your parties are being split?” he said. Dipke also said Opposition parties should not raise allegations of election rigging selectively depending on which state or party is affected. The Congress leader said the two Election Commissioners had “done a wise thing” by raising their objections and urged the CEC to “think seriously and turn approver.
