Cockroach Janta Party backs INDIA bloc rally

The Cockroach Janta Party has endorsed the INDIA bloc’s planned November 1 rally in New Delhi, backing opposition demands for accountability over the revision of electoral rolls while calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign. Party founder Abhijeet Dipke announced the endorsement in an October 28 post on X. He said the party supported the rally, scheduled at Ramlila Maidan, and included a call for Kumar to leave office. The rally is organized by the Indian National Congress, according to a Delhi Police permission document, and is scheduled to end by 5 p.m. IST. The party says the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls could lead to eligible voters being excluded. It argues that electoral procedures should protect voting rights and expand participation. The reports establish the party’s concern and allegation, but do not establish that eligible voters have been removed through the exercise. CJP has also said Kumar should resign, asserting that the revision has raised questions about electoral accountability. Those are the party’s demands and claims, not established findings of wrongdoing. Dipke’s endorsement does not confirm whether CJP...