DIPKE ACCUSES MODI OF PUTTING THE CAPITAL AT WAR WITH ITS OWN CITIZENS TO SHIELD THE ELECTION CHIEF
October 12, 2026
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioning why the government continues to defend Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid mounting protests over alleged irregularities in electoral-roll revision. Dipke accused the administration of allowing a crackdown on young protesters, journalists and elected representatives to protect the election chief, escalating the political confrontation following the events in New Delhi.
In a sharply worded post on X on Monday, Dipke asked why Kumar was so indispensable to Modi that the Prime Minister was willing to wage what he described as a war against citizens to protect him. He alleged that young demonstrators, journalists and Members of Parliament had faced assaults by Delhi Police during the recent protests.
Dipke made the remarks after arriving late Sunday night at his native village of Santuk Pimpri in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district. He visited the place where his grandmother’s final rites had been performed after her death while he was detained in Delhi. The episode had already prompted conflicting accounts from his family and the police over whether he had been adequately informed and offered assistance to travel home.
The CJP founder, along with party leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, had been placed under preventive arrest at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday, shortly after their flight landed. They were travelling to participate in the proposed demonstration at Jantar Mantar demanding Kumar’s resignation.
The three leaders were released on Sunday by an executive magistrate, subject to a condition that they would not breach the peace for one year. Their detention became a flashpoint in the wider controversy over the authorities’ handling of the planned gathering.
The CJP had organised the demonstration to protest alleged irregularities in the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The party and several opposition groups have raised concerns about voter deletions and the transparency of the revision process, demanding accountability from the poll panel and Kumar’s resignation.
Delhi Police had refused permission for the demonstration, citing traffic and public-order concerns, and introduced extensive security and transport restrictions across the capital. The measures triggered criticism from the CJP and other protesters, who argued that the authorities were obstructing their right to peaceful assembly.
Dipke’s latest remarks indicate that his release has not softened the party’s stance. Instead, he has used the detentions and reported police actions to renew his challenge to the Prime Minister and the chief election commissioner, framing the controversy as a broader question of democratic accountability and the treatment of dissent.
The allegations of assault and political protection remain claims made by Dipke and the CJP, while the government and election authorities have rejected accusations of deliberate electoral manipulation. Nevertheless, the party’s campaign against Kumar continues, with the handling of the Delhi protest adding a new dimension to the dispute over electoral transparency, police powers and the right to peaceful demonstration.
