Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who enjoyed “arrogance and impunity”, would be “fully humbled” by the Gen Z, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-convener Saurav Das said on Monday.
The CJP stepped up its campaign against Kumar on September 24, when it gave the CEC 48 hours to resign and announced plans for a nationwide agitation. “Because the courts are constitutional institutions, let them hear these new petitions against Gyanesh as many times as they want. In a post on X, Das also questioned the role of the judiciary in dealing with petitions challenging the Election Commission ‘s actions. “From walking with so much arrogance and impunity to not being able to leave his residence and cancelling Gen-Z engagements, life has humbled Gyanu. A lesson for other stooges too. He was responding to a fan-edit of the CEC. He referred to the Supreme Court’s handling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and questioned whether taking the matter to court alone could address what he described as a question of democratic accountability. Let them pass whatever orders they want to. But our democratic demand for Gyanesh Kumar’s accountability will NOT be outsourced to the courtrooms,” Das wrote.
He said the demand for Kumar’s accountability should not be left solely to the courts. Now the young-gen will ensure he is fully humbled,” Das said. In a separate post, Das said several petitions were being filed in the high courts and the Supreme Court against actions taken by Kumar. “Who is to tell him that there is no ‘next time’ for a possibly stolen election,” he asked. “Jantar Mantar 2.0”, they called it, referring to the July agitation which ultimately forced BJP’s Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as Union education minister. On Monday, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke announced a “Jail Bharo Andolan” in Mumbai on October 2 after Mumbai Police denied permission for the group’s proposed protest at Shivaji Park on Gandhi Jayanti. Dipke said the protest would be held at Shivaji Park at 4pm and called on supporters to join under the slogan “Gyanu must go”.
