Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:53am on 16 Oct 2026,Friday India
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke clarified that his organisation’s protest seeks the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, not a change of government. His statement followed senior advocate Prashant Bhushan’s description of the agitation as a “fight for regime change,” alongside controversy over AISA leader Neha Bora’s remarks about Bangladesh’s student movement. Dipke alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions and demanded accountability within the Election Commission. He also criticised security restrictions ahead of CJP’s October 16 “Lehra Do Tiranga” protest at Delhi’s Central Park, questioning the closure and heavy police deployment.
