CJP schedules anti-SIR protest in Kochi for November 7

The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has announced a protest in Kochi on November 7, demanding cancellation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The demonstration is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at Rajendra Maidan, the party said in a November 5 post on X. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, national secretary Aafreen Nawaz and south zone lead Vijay Mallangi are expected to attend. The party’s announcement also calls for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alongside its demand to scrap the roll revision. The Kochi gathering follows demonstrations in Delhi last month, when Dipke and CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained while trying to protest at Jantar Mantar without permission, according to reports. Ranka and Das later entered the restricted site and waved the national flag in protest against its removal as a designated protest venue. They were arrested and released after about a week in judicial custody, after giving an undertaking not to organise further protests at Jantar Mantar while it remained denotified. Delhi Police subsequently named Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground as alternative protest venues. The...