SOURCE :- SIASAT NEWS
Mumbai: Security was tightened around Shivaji Park on Friday, October 2, as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) organised a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, despite the police denying permission for the agitation.
The CJP announced its protest demanding CEC Kumar’s resignation after recent media reports found that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded objections on at least 14 occasions over 10 months to decisions and orders related to the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls, some of which they said were issued without their knowledge.
Police officials said they are closely monitoring the situation to maintain law and order and ensure traffic movement in the surrounding Dadar area remains unaffected.
Memes, movie dialogues, and slogans targeting the CEC could be seen. Protesters carried placards reading “Gyanu, Tujha Democracy Var Bharosa Nay Kay?”, “Gyanesh BRO, JUST RESIGN” and “Gaddaar Gyaanu Must Go”. Even CJP shared a tweet saying, “Gyanesh bro! Just resign ya”.
CJP co-convenor, Saurav Das, had already arrived at the park while convenor Abhijeet Dipke was set to lead the agitation soon.
Support pours in
Sharing from its official X handle, CJP said, “Mumbai is up to something. Jai Maharashtra!” sharing visuals of hundreds of protesters gathered at the site.
In another post, it offered legal help to anyone detained during the protest. It said, “Hello cockroaches, the Mumbai legal team is all set.”
Senior actor Prakash Raj sent a video message via an X post. Wishing everyone a happy Gandhi Jayanti, he said, “…certain goons are trying to kill our citizenship, our democracy, through SIR. The youth of this country, the civil society, the cockroaches will not let this happen…”
Music composer Vishal Dadlani also joined the protest.
CJP convenor Abhijeet Dipke shared a video of senior actor Naseeruddin Shah meeting him. While media reports suggest Naseer went to the protest site, it is not clear from the video Dipke shared. In the video, Naseer can be heard thanking Dipke for what he was doing, even as Dipke can be heard gushing over the actor.
Dipke also paid floral tributes to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in South Mumbai to mark the birth anniversary of the father of the nation.
Not everyone’s happy with protest
However, some locals were not happy with the situation the protest created. “The planned protest is disrupting the peace and daily life in our area. They are attempting to carry this out forcefully, and such protests should not be permitted in a residential zone,” a local said.
A bunch of students in Latur, Gujarat, protested, accusing Dipke of abandoning the NEET paper leak issue and moving on to other matters.
They have sought answers from Dipke on the assurances they said the government had given after the CJP’s July agitation at Jantar Mantar.
(With PTI inputs)
SOURCE : SIASAT
