The 48‑hour ultimatum issued by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar expired at midnight on September 26, 2026, after a tense 48‑hour standoff.
CJP warned that failure to accept Kumar’s resignation would trigger a nationwide protest dubbed "Jantar Mantar 2.0", echoing the massive civic rallies of the past. The threat surfaced amid a row over the Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The SIR, designed to purge inaccuracies from voter lists ahead of the 2027 elections, has been mired in controversy. Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected to multiple decisions—voter additions and deletions, revisions to Form 6, and the centralisation of roll data—filing written notes on several occasions.
In a statement, the Election Commission maintained that written observations are a routine part of deliberations and that its final decisions, including those on the SIR, were unanimous. The Commission reiterated that the SIR is a legitimate process required for a fair electoral system.
With the CJP deadline now lapsed, party leadership is slated to convene a press conference tomorrow to outline its next move, while the Commission prepares to brief Parliament on the SIR outcomes and address the party’s grievances.