‘Gyanesh, it’s done bro’ echoes as thousands join CJP protest seeking CEC’s resignation

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‘Gyanesh, it’s done bro’ echoes as thousands join CJP protest seeking CEC’s resignation — Photo credit: The Hindu

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and co-convener Ashutosh Ranka during a protest by CJP against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his resignation, at Shivaji Park, in Mumbai, on October 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

Thousands of protesters demonstrated outside Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Friday against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, organised by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Though police permission was not granted for the protest, the demonstrators sat outside the historic Shivaji Park’s gates in Dadar with the tricolour in their hands seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while CJP conveners Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das, and its head of legal affairs Ratna Singh, addressed the protesters raising slogans of ‘Gyanesh, it’s done, bro’.

The air was filled with slogans of ‘Inquilab Zindabad ', ‘Ek Jeera, Do Ajwain, Gyanesh karo resign’, ‘Gyanu kaka… rajinama dya, rajinama dya’, while the beats of patriotic songs like Rang De Basanti added colour, sound and defiance to an otherwise quiet afternoon at the park.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 2, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

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