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CJP founder accuses Modi government of protecting Chief Election Commissioner
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke accused the Narendra Modi government of protecting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at the expense of citizens.
He said police had assaulted young people, journalists and members of Parliament.
Dipke and two CJP leaders were placed under preventive arrest at Delhi airport before a protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10.
They were released the next day on condition that they would not breach the peace for a year.
The CJP and opposition parties are demanding Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in a review of voter rolls called the Special Intensive Revision.
The dispute has drawn protests and calls for the election chief to step down.
The sources do not say what will happen next.
CJP convenor Abhijeet Dipke accused the Narendra Modi government of protecting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Dipke made the accusation on Monday, October 12, amid demands for Kumar’s resignation.
The CJP and Opposition parties have called for Kumar to resign over alleged irregularities in the voter-roll revision.
Dipke and two CJP leaders were placed under preventive arrest ahead of a protest in Delhi on October 10.
They were released the next day on condition that they would not breach the peace for a year.
- Who
- CJP convenor Abhijeet Dipke accused the Narendra Modi government of protecting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- What
- Dipke said the government was waging a war against citizens to protect Kumar.
- When
- Monday, October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The CJP and Opposition parties have demanded Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Youth are being assaulted, journalists are being assaulted, even MPs are being assaulted by Delhi Police. What makes Gyanesh Kumar so indispensable to Modi that he is willing to wage war against everyone just to protect him?
Dipke and CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were placed under preventive arrest at Delhi airport ahead of a Jantar Mantar protest.
The three were released on condition that they would not breach the peace for a year.
Dipke reached his native village, Santuk Pimpri, in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district.
Dipke accused the Modi government of protecting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- Accuser
- Abhijeet Dipke, CJP convenor
- Accused government
- Narendra Modi government
- Chief Election Commissioner
- Gyanesh Kumar
- Arrest date
- October 10, 2026
- Release date
- October 11, 2026
- Allegation behind resignation demands
- Irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls
Sources
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