Mumbai: CJP launched agitation demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar on October 2^nd at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday warned the State Government against making tactical errors, daring the authorities to arrest him ahead of CJP’s scheduled demonstrations from October 2 in Mumbai.

Speaking at the press conference in Mumbai he said that do not repeat the mistake committed on July 20. If you want to arrest us, do it right now, he said. He also said that setting a tense backdrop for his party’s upcoming agitation against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. He described the CEC as a traitor to the nation. He demanded his immediate resignation over allegations of widespread electoral roll manipulation.

He accused the ruling coalition of engaging in state-sponsored disenfranchisement and using the ECI as a political tool. Whoever sits as the Chief Election Commissioner must be transparent. The 13 crore voters whose names were deleted across the country will hit the streets, and when they do, the public will demand the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar’s bosses, he added.

He further demanded that the Election Commission freeze the recent SIR lists and conduct upcoming elections strictly using the 2005 voter lists.
Taking a direct swipe at CM Fadnavis over his recent remarks that protesters face a three-day jail term before securing bail. Keep me in jail for three months instead of three days… I will return to the streets again and again, he said.

He also questioned the selective granting of venue permissions: If Devendra Fadnavis can hold a political rally at Shivaji Park and ask for votes, why are we barred from protesting at the very same site?  He also said that CJP will extend full support to the opposition’s joint agitation on October 4^th. While Dipke will be on a nationwide tour, CJP cadres will assemble in force in Mumbai, setting aside party lines to join a larger united front against the ECI.