In a video message released in a social media post on X, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra said: “Gyanesh Kumar will go, and so will his master. This fight continues today, 3rd October, 1 PM, at Jantar Mantar.”

She also pointed out that 11 metro stations were shut down.

A day after more than 1,000 protesters, including political leaders and student activists, were detained during a demonstration against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, AISA activists began gathering near Jantar Mantar on Saturday amid heavy police barricading and heightened security in the area.

The fresh mobilisation came after AISA national president Neha Bora, who was among those detained on Friday, called on activists to return to Jantar Mantar at 1 pm and continue their protest demanding Kumar’s resignation and raising concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

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Delhi Police on Saturday (October 3, 2026) registered at least three FIRs in connection with Friday (October 2) protests by student organisations, political parties and civil society activists who attempted to gather at Jantar Mantar, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said he would not be surprised if his X handle was taken down before October 10, after his post thanking former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for backing the movement was restricted on the social media platform.

Mr. Dipke had posted on X, “Thank you @MamataOfficial ma’am for extending your support to the cockroach movement! All Indians need to come together to save democracy!”

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aware of the Election Commission’s IT division restricting the access of electoral registration officers to the ECINet portal, as pointed out by two election commissioners.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh claimed that the complaint of the two election commissioners had gone to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), for which the minister responsible is the Prime Minister himself, and it is likely that the decision was taken at his direction.

Mr. Ramesh pointed to a media report claiming that the officer about whom the two election commissioners had complained to the Cabinet secretary in July continues to be the key pivot in the Election Commission.

“Instead of action being taken against him, the officer is now overseeing the controversial IT division of the Election Commission,” Mr. Ramesh said in a post on X.

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The CJP on Saturday (October 3) stressed that its proposed October 10 protest in Delhi would be peaceful and urged every citizen seeking free and fair elections to join the agitation if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign.

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has been demanding Kumar’s resignation, citing alleged irregularities in the electoral processes and the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

In a statement released here on Saturday, CJP founder and convener Abhijeet Dipke said citizens and movement members from every corner of the country would converge in New Delhi and launch a mass protest at Jantar Mantar if Kumar did not step down.

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Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday (October 2) extended her support to the Cockroach Janta Party’s agitation, demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Banerjee was speaking to reporters at the Kolkata airport after returning from Delhi, where she attended an INDIA bloc meeting.

“We are fully supporting the Cockroach (Janta) Party and all the young generation and students. And my humble request, please stop these atrocities,” she said.

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