CJP Leader Mocks Chief Election Commissioner Amid Continuing Electoral Roll Protests

UPDATE - follow-up to India News Live Updates 5 October 2026: Congress demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over SIR, calls him 'liability': Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is more valuable to the current government than actual citizens. Dipke stated that the administration does not need voters to remain in power, but relies instead on the Chief Election Commissioner, while demanding his resignation over ongoing controversies. ## Context This political backlash follows an earlier investigative report revealing internal divisions within the Election Commission over voter list revisions, software usage, and decentralisation. Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan separately warned that processes causing mass disenfranchisement would be arbitrary and unconstitutional.