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Cockroach Janta Party Demands Election Commissioner Resignation in 48 Hours

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC · How we work

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13 Crore Voter Deletions

The Cockroach Janta Party demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign within 48 hours and warned of a protest on Sept 24, 2026 in New Delhi.
The Election Commission said every final Special Intensive Revision decision was unanimous and that internal notes reflect routine deliberations.
The party said over 13 crore names were removed from rolls in 30 states during SIR.
Police detained Congress leaders, including Gaurav Gogoi, and deployed water cannons and tear-gas.

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SIR Weapon Claims

The Cockroach Janta Party demanded Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign within 48 hours and warned of a protest on Sept 24, 2026 in New Delhi.
It claimed the chief election commissioner followed Home Minister Amit Shah’s orders, using the Intensive Revision to favour the BJP.
The party demanded freezing all state assembly elections until the SIR issue is resolved.
Co-convenor Ashuthosh Ranka said the SIR is a BJP weapon and urged Gen Z protests.

Blindspot

Police deployed water cannons and tear-gas in Chandigarh, Manipur and Kolkata to stop demonstrators from reaching Election Commission premises, and detained several Congress protesters, including Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Right-leaning coverage.

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Historical Context

The 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, held in December after the assembly’s July dissolution, saw the Bharatiya Janata Party win 127 seats and sparked nationwide scrutiny of electoral fairness. Supreme Court interventions that year and later investigations created a precedent for challenging the Election Commission’s actions. The September 2026 Cockroach Janta Party demand for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation revives those longstanding concerns.

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13 Crore Voter Deletions

The Cockroach Janta Party demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign within 48 hours and warned of a protest on Sept 24, 2026 in New Delhi.
The Election Commission said every final Special Intensive Revision decision was unanimous and that internal notes reflect routine deliberations.
The party said over 13 crore names were removed from rolls in 30 states during SIR.
Police detained Congress leaders, including Gaurav Gogoi, and deployed water cannons and tear-gas.

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