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India's 'cockroach' movement to protest from Oct. 2 if poll chief does not quit by Saturday
The youth-led party said 2 election commissioners objected 14 times to voter-roll decisions and demanded reforms, a freeze on SIR and an independent inquiry.
The Cockroach Janta Party , a youth-led political movement in India, issued a strict 48-hour deadline demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke warned that if the election chief does not step down by Saturday, the movement will launch nationwide demonstrations and organize a major protest at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar starting October 2.
The ultimatum follows reports detailing internal dissension within the three-member Election Commission, where fellow commissioners reportedly raised formal objections 14 times regarding unilateral decisions made under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Movement leaders accused the poll chief of undermining democratic integrity and disenfranchising millions of legitimate voters through questionable voter-roll deletions and additions.
The CJP called for an immediate halt to ongoing electoral roll updates, demanding an independent judicial investigation into the commission's operations and criminal proceedings over alleged voter manipulation.
He claims that millions of names were removed from the lists without prior notice and that new voters were added without verification to favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party.