CJP Issues 48-Hour Ultimatum to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Warns of Pan-India Agitation from Oct 2

In a dramatic political escalation over electoral roll transparency, the Kakaroz Janata Party (CJP) has served a strict 48-hour resignation ultimatum to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. Addressing a packed press conference in Patna on Friday, September 25, 2026, party leaders warned that if the CEC fails to step down and address alleged procedural distortions in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, the outfit will launch an aggressive, phased nationwide campaign branded as the "Fix the Election Commission" movement starting Gandhi Jayanti on October 2. The confrontation centers on allegations of large-scale, opaque voter deletions across key states, bringing institutional decision-making under intense national scrutiny.Mass Deletions Under the Scanner: Questions Raised over SIR Transparency in Bihar and BengalThe CJP’s primary grievances target the methodology used by election field staff to delete entries during the Special Intensive Revision exercise:Demands for Public Disclosure: Party representatives insisted that the statutory criteria, field verification logs, and empirical justifications for striking off voters must be published transparently in the public domain.Disproportionate Deletions in Bihar: The leadership alleged that specific rural and semi-urban constituencies across Bihar have witnessed abnormal, unexplained spikes in voter name removals, demanding an immediate independent audit.Widespread Revision Appeals in West Bengal: Similar concerns have surfaced across West Bengal, where thousands of aggrieved citizens have submitted formal administrative appeals contesting their exclusion from updated rolls under SIR protocols.While the Election Commission maintains that multi-tiered appeal mechanisms exist to redress erroneous deletions, the CJP contends that bureaucratic barriers make post-deletion redressal virtually inaccessible for marginalized voters.Reports of Internal Dissent: Allegations of 14 Dissenting Notes vs EC’s Consensus StanceAdding institutional fuel to the controversy, the CJP cited media investigations suggesting deep internal friction within Nirvachan Sadan itself. The party referenced reports claiming that fellow Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally recorded dissenting objections at least 14 times over a ten-month period regarding regulatory policies, Form-6 voter addition guidelines, electoral database handling, and SIR roll purges. However, senior Election Commission officials firmly disputed any narrative of an institutional rift, issuing a rejoinder stating that all Commission rulings—including the SIR rollout and voter verification frameworks—were executed with the unanimous concurrence and formal approval of all three Election Commissioners.Countdown to October 2: Phased Protests Planned Across Key MetrosWith the 48-hour clock ticking, the CJP affirmed that its nationwide protest will systematically roll out across state capitals starting October 2. The party has demanded a time-bound judicial inquiry into the poll body’s internal administrative processes, as well as a full audit of all additions and deletions processed under the current revision drive. Political analysts and legal observers are closely monitoring whether the Election Commission will issue a formal public clarification or initiate fresh dialogue before the deadline expires.