New Delhi: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will join a protest at Jantar Mantar on Oct 10 against alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls revision process and to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.The protest has been called by the Cockroach Janta Party and others. According to AAP, Kejriwal’s family members and several party functionaries will participate in the demonstration.“BJP govt at the Centre is playing with our democracy. Votes are being deleted on a massive scale. The votes of people who do not vote for the BJP are being deleted, while fake votes are being added. All this was happening openly under the leadership of Gyanesh Kumar. That is why the entire country is demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. I appeal to everyone in the country to reach Jantar Mantar in the largest possible numbers. This is not about any one individual or political party; this is about the country,” Kejriwal said.Some AAP functionaries alleged that police might try to prevent party workers from reaching the protest venue by detaining them or placing them under house arrest.They claimed that party workers had been receiving calls from police asking about their plans to attend the protest, including details about who would accompany them and how they intended to reach Jantar Mantar.“No matter what the police or the BJP-led central govt does, we will not stop, the people of the country will not stop and Gyanesh Kumar will have to resign,” said AAP MLA Jarnail Singh.In response, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor called Kejriwal’s decision to join the protest a political ploy. “The activities of the Congress, AAP, the Communists and other parties in Delhi these days are not part of any fight to save democracy. Rather, they are a struggle by Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, Stalin and others to preserve their own political relevance,” he said.
