Large-scale demonstrations broke out in Mumbai, India, calling for the resignation of Election Commission Chairman Kumar

A large number of people took to the streets of Mumbai, a large Indian city, on the 4th to demand the resignation of Election Committee Chairman Kumar, who revised the electoral roll.

Demonstrators in India gathered for the third consecutive day on the 4th to protest, demanding that the country's Election Commission Chairman Gyanesh Kumar step down due to the controversy caused by the revision of the electoral roll. The protesters included the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which originated from an online movement and had successfully forced out the Indian Education Minister.

India began to revise the national electoral roll last year, resulting in millions of eligible voters being removed from the electoral roll. The Indian media broke the news that the Chairman of the Election Commission, Kumar, ignored the objections of some election committees and insisted on revising the electoral roll. The Election Commission of India has denied the relevant allegations of irregularities, and Kumar himself has not commented.

Protests calling for Kumar to step down began on the 2nd. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the big city of Mumbai on the 4th, waving national flags and demanding Kumar to step down. Among them were supporters of India's "Cockroach People's Party", a popular online and street protest movement initiated by India's Generation Z.

The "Cockroach People's Party" previously took to the streets to protest against the leaked questions of the Indian Medical College Entrance Examination, which eventually led to the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, which was one of the most significant political setbacks for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in recent years.

Abhijeet Dipke, leader of the Cockroach People's Party, posted on social media on the 4th: "Mumbai is once again taking to the streets for free and fair elections... Stand with all protesters and all Indians. If we don't come out, we will have no chance!"

Indian opposition politicians accused the election committee of taking orders from the "Bharatiya Janata Party" (BJP) led by Modi, and said they would take to the streets of New Delhi on the 6th to march to the election committee, and later hold "Save Democracy" rallies across the country. The "Cockroach People's Party" mobilized young people to gather in New Delhi on the 10th.

A demonstrator held up a placard during a protest rally in the large city of Mumbai on the 4th, demanding that Kumar, chairman of the Indian Election Commission, step down.