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Congress Demands CEC Resignation Over Special Intensive Revision

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Police Cite 2013 Order

The Cockroach Janta Party announced a protest in Mumbai on October 2 demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
The Election Commission said its three-member panel made all Special Intensive Revision decisions unanimously and dismissed allegations of a serious internal rift.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke warned protests will spread to states if Kumar does not resign.
Mumbai police said no authority to permit events at Shivaji Park, citing a 2013 Court order.

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The Cockroach Janta Party announced a protest in Mumbai on October 2 demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Coverage emphasizes alleged disenfranchisement of millions of voters and urges institutional accountability for the Special Intensive Revision process.
Congress demanded Kumar resign, halt the Special Intensive Revision, and restore over 13 lakh voter names.
Two Election Commissioners formally objected fourteen times, calling parts of the revision unauthorized and illegal.

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Historical Context

In 2002 the Supreme Court of India halted the Election Commission’s mass voter-list purge, ordering a review that reinstated about 1.2 million names and directing Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi to spend INR45 crore on verification. The court’s oversight set a precedent that the Cockroach Janta Party now cites as it demands Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over a revision that allegedly removed 13 lakh voters.

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Police Cite 2013 Order

The Cockroach Janta Party announced a protest in Mumbai on October 2 demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
The Election Commission said its three-member panel made all Special Intensive Revision decisions unanimously and dismissed allegations of a serious internal rift.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke warned protests will spread to states if Kumar does not resign.
Mumbai police said no authority to permit events at Shivaji Park, citing a 2013 Court order.

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