(CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke waves to supporters during a protest (PTI Photo)
“If Gyanesh Kumar doesn’t resign, cockroaches from across India will march to Delhi & protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10,” he said in a post on X, adding that it will be a peaceful agitation and every citizen who wants free and fair elections must join it. His remarks came as the CJP held a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Despite police denying permission for the event, thousands of protesters gathered at the iconic ground on Gandhi Jayanti, with heavy security deployed around the area. The protest was part of the CJP’s campaign against what the party describes as irregularities in electoral rolls and the functioning of the Election Commission. Veteran actors Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi, filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj and Hansal Mehta, singer-music director Vishal Dadlani and Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, were among those present at the protest.