Opposition parties, student groups and the Cockroach Janta Party are demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignation over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, which the Election Commission defends.

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• Opposition parties, student unions and activists are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
• The protesters also allege mass deletion of voters during the revision exercise.
• The Cockroach Janta Party announced a fresh protest at Jantar Mantar on 10 October if Kumar did not resign, with convenor Abhijeet Dipke saying it would be peaceful.
• The announcement followed the party's 2 October protest at Mumbai's Shivaji Park against the alleged electoral roll irregularities.
• Delhi Police denied permission for protests at Jantar Mantar, deployed around 5,000 personnel and detained hundreds of protesters during the 3 October demonstrations.
• On 25 September, protests spread across several states, including a Congress-led march to the Election Commission's headquarters in Delhi that ended in clashes with police.
• Some protesters demand Kumar's removal through impeachment.
• The Cockroach Janta Party also seeks scrapping of the SIR, a freeze on the 2025 rolls and more transparency in selecting Election Commissioners.
• Dipke has claimed about 13 crore voters were struck off in two years, an allegation the Election Commission denies.
• The Election Commission maintains that decisions on the SIR were unanimous.
• The Supreme Court is also to hear a plea to let excluded West Bengal voters, whose appeals are pending, vote in upcoming municipal elections.

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