CJP announces ‘morcha’ in Goa, Bengaluru, Kolkata ‘until Gyanesh Kumar resigns’

CJP announces 'morcha' in Goa, Bengaluru, Kolkata 'until Gyanesh Kumar resigns' Abhijeet Dipke and fellow CJP leaders held a press conference in Mumbai on Thursday, October 1, demanding criminal action against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke addresses a press conference at the Mumbai Press Club in CSMT. (Express Photo by Akash Patil).

Ahead of their "Jail Bharo Andolan" from Mumbai's Shivaji Park on October 2, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke declared on Thursday that their movement against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would additionally spread to Goa, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and other cities.

Abhijeet Dipke and fellow CJP leaders, including Saurav Das, held a press conference in Mumbai on Thursday, October 1, demanding criminal action against Gyanesh Kumar.

Meanwhile, the trigger for CJP's Mumbai protest on Friday against the Election Commission is an Express investigation that exposed an internal rift within the poll body over SIR voter deletions.

Taken together, the developments around CJP announces 'morcha' in Goa, Bengaluru, Kolkata 'until Gyanesh Kumar resigns' point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.