According to CNBC, the Cockroach Janta Party, the viral pseudo-political movement behind Gen Z protests that rattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in July, has demanded the resignation of India's chief election officer after accusing him of undermining democracy. Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the CJP, said on Friday the party will begin a nationwide protest on Oct. 2 if the chief election officer does not resign by Saturday. In a press conference on Thursday, Dipke said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is the biggest threat to India's democracy and questioned his role in a voter roll revision exercise that has led to the deletion of millions of voters. The Election Commission of India began special intensive revisions last year to update voter lists, but local media reports earlier this month said millions of voters had been deleted from the draft electoral rolls. India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi joined the CJP on Thursday in demanding Kumar's resignation, while an Indian Express investigation on Wednesday said two other Election Commission members had filed 14 formal complaints over discrepancies in the process over the past 10 months.
