Archive · 2 Oct 2026
CJP Launches Nationwide Protest After CEC Resignation Deadline Passes
The Cockroach Janta Party wanted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
It gave him 48 hours to do so.
He did not step down before the deadline ended.
Now the party says it will begin protests across the country.
The first protest is planned in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti.
The party also announced a “Jail Bharo Andolan,” which means a campaign involving mass arrests.
The protests concern the Election Commission and changes to voter lists called the Special Intensive Revision.
The party had warned that its campaign would spread to other cities if its demand was not met.
The Cockroach Janta Party plans to begin a nationwide protest campaign today.
The movement will start in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti.
The CJP says it will launch a “Jail Bharo Andolan.”
The party is protesting the Election Commission and Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Its 48-hour demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation expired without his stepping down.
- Who
- The Cockroach Janta Party and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- What
- The CJP is launching a nationwide protest movement and announcing a “Jail Bharo Andolan.”
- When
- The campaign is scheduled to begin today, on Gandhi Jayanti, after a 48-hour deadline expired.
- Where
- The movement will begin in Mumbai and is planned to extend to cities across the country.
- Why
- The CJP is demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and protesting the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Protesting group
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Target of resignation demand
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Deadline
- A 48-hour ultimatum
- Initial location
- Mumbai
- Planned action
- “Jail Bharo Andolan”
- Main issues
- The Election Commission and Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Planned scope
- Nationwide, beginning with Mumbai