DIPKE ACCUSES MODI OF RISING TO POWER THROUGH ALLEGED VOTER DELETIONS

October 8, 2026

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission, alleging that voter deletions under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls were aimed at disenfranchising people opposed to the BJP.

Speaking at a “People’s Tribunal” organised by civil society groups and the CJP at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park on Thursday, Dipke alleged that people whose names had been declared as deleted or whose records had been marked as deceased were still alive and present at the protest.

Dipke alleged that the deletion of voters represented what he described as the “death of democracy” and accused Election Commission officials, including Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, of acting at the direction of Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah. He claimed that Modi had become prime minister by “deleting and stealing votes”.

He further alleged that around 13 crore votes had been deleted across India and about one crore in Karnataka. Dipke claimed that similar deletions had taken place in constituencies associated with prominent Opposition leaders, arguing that the alleged pattern was intended to weaken regional political forces.

Dipke also attacked the proposed “One Nation, One Election” system, alleging that its real objective was “One Nation, One Party”. He invoked the example of Adolf Hitler while warning against what he described as attempts to concentrate political power and weaken democratic institutions.

Calling for continued public mobilisation, Dipke urged protesters to take to the streets to defend voting rights and democracy. He also announced Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar as what he described as the “next wicket” in the campaign, after naming Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan as the first.

The CJP founder further opposed delimitation, arguing that it could reduce the political representation of southern states. He said the South would play a leading role in the campaign he described as a struggle to protect Indian democracy.

Dipke’s remarks came during a wider Bengaluru protest against the SIR exercise, where YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and actor-activist Prakash Raj also participated and demanded greater transparency from the Election Commission and Kumar’s resignation.