CJP to start nationwide protest if CEC Gyanesh Kumar does not resign in 48 hours
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The Cockroach Janta Party political campaign on Thursday said it would launch a nationwide agitation if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign within 48 hours.
“We will not withdraw such a protest without Gyanesh Kumar resigning,” said the campaign’s founder Abhijeet Dipke.
The campaign also demanded criminal proceedings against Kumar.
The Cockroach Janta Party’s demand came after The Indian Express’ investigation on Wednesday revealed that two election commissioners had objected 14 times in 10 months to decisions about the poll panel’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
The newspaper had reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected to decisions related to the SIR, saying that some had been taken without their knowledge.
Their objections were reportedly related to the registration of new voters and changes to Form 6, appeals against the inclusion of voters in West Bengal and the handling of voter data in Goa, among other matters. Form 6 is used to register new voters.
In one written objection, Sandhu was quoted as having stated that the poll panel had acted against the advice of both commissioners and described the action as “unauthorised and illegal”.
The two election commissioners had also raised concerns over access to the digital electoral roll database.
At a press conference in Delhi, Dipke claimed that Kumar was “working under the instructions” of...