The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on September 24, 2026, launched its nationwide “Election Commission Thik Karo” campaign and demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign within 48 hours. The group said failure to meet its demands would lead to nationwide protests followed by a demonstration at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke announced the campaign at a press conference alongside co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. The announcement came after reports that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally raised objections over Election Commission decisions related to electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).What are CJP’s three demands?The first major Gyanesh Kumar resignation demand is for the CEC to step down within 48 hours. CJP has also called for an independent inquiry into decisions taken during the SIR exercise and for identification of those responsible for disputed decisions. These are demands made by CJP and do not represent established findings against the Election Commission."The second CJP SIR freeze demand calls for halting further SIR-related exclusions and restoring the electoral rolls to their January 2025 position pending review. CJP has also sought an independent inquiry into the SIR decision-making process and greater transparency around electoral-roll records.'The third demand is the Election law repeal demand. CJP wants the repeal of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, and a new appointment framework with wider institutional and civil-society participation. The 2023 Act is currently in force and sets out the selection committee for appointing the CEC and other Election Commissioners.Why is the SIR process at the centre of the dispute?The CJP campaign follows an Indian Express investigation reporting that Sandhu and Joshi had formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions involving electoral-roll management, voter registration, deletions and access to the voter database. The report said some objections concerned changes to Form 6 and centralisation of electoral-roll data.The Election Commission has maintained that differences of view can arise during internal deliberations and that final decisions of the multi-member poll panel are taken unanimously. The reported objections and the CJP’s response have therefore become part of a wider public debate over the functioning of the Election Commission and the SIR exercise.What has CJP said about Jantar Mantar 2.0?CJP has warned that failure to meet its demands will trigger a nationwide agitation and a further protest in Delhi. Dipke said “Jantar Mantar 2.0” would take place if Gyanesh Kumar does not resign within the stated 48-hour deadline.The proposed protest follows CJP’s earlier Jantar Mantar demonstration over the NEET examination paper-leak issue. The latest campaign shifts the organisation’s focus to electoral-roll revisions, Election Commission functioning and changes to the legal framework governing the appointment of election commissioners.Also Read: Jantar Mantar 2.0: CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke Announces Fresh Protest, What We Know
