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Saudi, Turkey, Pakistan plan urgent meet as Houthis step up attacks Dipke said CJP would begin its protest from Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti NEW DELHI: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday said that the party would launch nationwide protests from October 2 if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign by Saturday.In a post on X, Dipke said CJP would begin its protest from Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti and subsequently take the agitation to cities across India.”If Gyanesh Kumar does not resign by tomorrow, CJP will begin its nationwide protest from Mumbai on 2 October, and take it to cities across India. This Gandhi Jayanti let’s pledge to save democracy,” Dipke wrote.The announcement came a day after Dipke demanded Kumar’s resignation and threatened to launch a “Jantar Mantar 2.0” agitation if his demand was not met.Dipke also criticised opposition parties for continuing to contest elections while alleging that the electoral process was being rigged. He argued that participating in such elections legitimises them and creates an “illusion” that they are free and fair.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines”Yes, elections are being rigged. But when you continue to participate in rigged elections, you legitimise these elections and help maintain the illusion that they are free and fair,” he said.He questioned whether opposition parties were contesting elections because they feared political extinction if they stayed away.Dipke further accused opposition parties of raising allegations of electoral manipulation selectively, depending on the state or political party involved.The CJP founder’s remarks came amid a row over the functioning of the Election Commission. The Indian Express had reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had objected at least 14 times over the past 10 months to decisions and orders concerning voter additions, deletions, restoration and changes to the voter registration process.EC has maintained that decisions, including those related to SIR, had been unanimous and approved by both election commissioners and the chief election commissioner.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorVivek DubeyA digital news desk journalist at The Times of India with over two years of experience. Closely tracks foreign affairs and international politics. Fondness for precise language and clever headlines. When not editing news, he is usually refining a turn of phrase.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos“Terror, Theatrics Won’t Repay Loans”: India Hits Back At Pakistan At UNHRCBJP’s ₹529 Crore Poll Spending Revealed; Bengal Alone Accounted For ₹287 Crore, EC Data ShowsAjeet Bharti Faces Arrest Heat As Delhi HC Rejects Bail In Chandrashekhar Azad CaseIIT-Bombay Death Row: Parents Question CCTV Leak, Demand CBI Probe And Action Against OfficialsAnother Sexual Assault Case from Bihar: 4 Arrested In Samastipur After Video Surfaces OnlineRahul Gandhi Demands Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation, Alleges ‘Vote Chori’ After ECI Rift Emerges’Justice Must Be Served’: Ladakh Marks One Year Since Deadly Leh Violence | WatchWhen The Umpires Clash: 10 Questions At The Heart Of The Election Commission-SIR Row21-Year Search Ends As Jamui Police Arrest Double Murder Accused While Raiding House Of His Son‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC Row123Hot PicksStock Market TodayBank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysMaharashtra School holidayPunjab school holidayTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court Sep 25, 2026, 12:30 IST Ram Gopal Varma shares drink with Sandeep Reddy Vanga; says, ‘having a spirit with the SPIRIT’ A simple step-by-step guide to growing fresh and flavourful peppers all year round ‘I’m personally inspired by Bittu Tabahi’: Bengaluru CEO offers to raise funds for his cleanliness drives Indonesia’s rainforest regenerated for a decade; 43.8% of bird species increased, but trapping pressure was linked to slower recovery ‘Must maintain the trust of people’: Chirag Paswan urges EC to ‘firmly present its side’ amid SIR row A silver US Army ring missing since 2006 was found in another soldier’s footlocker; after a three-year search, a Fort Worth woman finally returned it to its original owner 20 years later Child rape: Granite baron Veeramani’s premises raided NEW DELHI: DMK spokesperson T K S Elangovan hit back at allegations linking the party to Gem Granites chairman R Veeramani, saying the DMK should not be blamed for the alleged actions of an individual. His remarks came as Chennai police constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations of sexual offences against minor girls involving Veeramani.“They want to accuse the DMK for all those things. Today, there was a photograph on social media showing two ministers sitting with Veeramani. I don’t understand anything,” Elangovan said.He added that Veeramani had been arrested and that the party leadership had also called for action if he was found to have committed any wrongdoing.“They have arrested him, and our leader also issued a statement that if he has committed a mistake, take action,” Elangovan said.Earlier, while talking to ANI, advocate and DMK leader NR Elango said “TN minister CTR Nirmal Kumar has falsely stated that the Veeramani case was diluted during the DMK regime. The case was registered on 07.12.2025 and investigated by the police. Houses were searched and further investigation was conducted based on the available evidence. The police had only stated that since adequate evidence was not yet available, complete investigation reports have not been filed so far, and that the further investigation is deferred until proper evidence is obtained—not that the case was dropped. The investigation was never dropped during the DMK regime.”SIT formed as probe expandsAn SIT team has been formed as the investigation expands following the arrests of Veeramani and his associates.The SIT will be headed by Additional Commissioner of Police PC Thenmozhi of the Central Crime Branch. Joint Commissioner of Police N Disha Mittal, Superintendent of Police Mutharasi and Deputy Commissioner of Police Geethanjali of the Central Women and Children unit are the other members of the team.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesVeeramani was arrested along with Shanthi and Mahendra Simhan on August 29 in connection with the POCSO case. A former Gem Granites employee, Ganesan, was subsequently arrested on September 22 after police allegedly found a video linked to the case on his mobile phone.Veeramani was arrested after a USB drive containing a video clip that purportedly showed a juvenile girl being sexually assaulted by him in Oct 2025. Police said they identified the survivor and established that she was a minor when the alleged offence took place in 2019.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorPriyanka JaiswalPriyanka Jaiswal has four years of experience in digital journalism, news agency reporting and video production. Currently with The Times of India, she covers public policy, politics and global affairs. She is particularly drawn to human-interest stories that put people at the heart of an issue, spark awareness , and contribute to meaningful conversations.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos“Terror, Theatrics Won’t Repay Loans”: India Hits Back At Pakistan At UNHRCBJP’s ₹529 Crore Poll Spending Revealed; Bengal Alone Accounted For ₹287 Crore, EC Data ShowsAjeet Bharti Faces Arrest Heat As Delhi HC Rejects Bail In Chandrashekhar Azad CaseIIT-Bombay Death Row: Parents Question CCTV Leak, Demand CBI Probe And Action Against OfficialsAnother Sexual Assault Case from Bihar: 4 Arrested In Samastipur After Video Surfaces OnlineRahul Gandhi Demands Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation, Alleges ‘Vote Chori’ After ECI Rift Emerges’Justice Must Be Served’: Ladakh Marks One Year Since Deadly Leh Violence | WatchWhen The Umpires Clash: 10 Questions At The Heart Of The Election Commission-SIR Row21-Year Search Ends As Jamui Police Arrest Double Murder Accused While Raiding House Of His Son‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC Row123Hot PicksStock Market TodayBank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysMaharashtra School holidayPunjab school holidayTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court Sep 25, 2026, 12:02 IST Ganesh Visarjan throwback: When Govinda, Ssunita Ahuja danced together; Yashvrdhan performed aarti; family chanted ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’ Understanding 5 Types of Acne: Causes and Effective Home Remedies | Indigenous satellite guided weapon to give air force long range strike capability In 1995, Selena’s family made an agreement over profits from her entertainment legacy; 31 years later, brother A.B. Quintanilla is suing sister Suzette for more than $1 million he says he is owed US mercenary Aaron VanDyke was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier this year. NEW DELHI: US mercenary Aaron VanDyke, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier this year in the Myanmar terror training case, was released from the Tihar jail after after a special NIA court granted permission to travel to the USA to meet their families for one month.The NIA court, along with Matthew Aaron Vandyke, gave permission to 6 Ukrainian nationals to travel to Ukraine subject to certain conditions and formalities.The court directed the release of their passports to them. All 7 foreigners have been granted default bail by the court.While hearing the applications, the court noted that the accused had expressed their willingness to join the investigation whenever required by the NIA.The seven accused are Matthew Aaron Vandyke and co-accused Hurba Petro, Slyviak Taras, Ivan Sukmanovskyi, Stefankiv Marian, Honcharuk Maksim alias Maksym and Kaminskyi Viktor.They have also been ordered to provide the NIA with their residential addresses, working mobile numbers and email addresses within 24 hours.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesIf any of them does not have a working phone number, they may initially provide the mobile number of a family member. After reaching their respective destinations, they must provide their own working numbers within a week.Special Public Prosecutor Rahul Tyagi, along with advocate Amit Rohila, appeared for the NIA and told the court that further investigation was still under way.The agency submitted that the immediate presence of the accused was not required and said suitable undertakings could be obtained from them.Advocates Rohit Dandriyal and Rohit Gour appeared for Vandyke and also sought his discharge from offences under the Immigration and Foreigners Act following the compounding of those offences on September 18.The court allowed Vandyke’s application for discharge from those offences.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorRajeev SinghRajeev Singh is a Digital Content Producer with The Times of India. He covers politics, policies, defence, and conflicts for readers curious to know their implications. He loves digging into legal maxims and political trivia. On off days, when not turning pages or learning русский, he lives in the reverie of “what ifs” and “how abouts.”Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos“Terror, Theatrics Won’t Repay Loans”: India Hits Back At Pakistan At UNHRCBJP’s ₹529 Crore Poll Spending Revealed; Bengal Alone Accounted For ₹287 Crore, EC Data ShowsAjeet Bharti Faces Arrest Heat As Delhi HC Rejects Bail In Chandrashekhar Azad CaseIIT-Bombay Death Row: Parents Question CCTV Leak, Demand CBI Probe And Action Against OfficialsAnother Sexual Assault Case from Bihar: 4 Arrested In Samastipur After Video Surfaces OnlineRahul Gandhi Demands Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation, Alleges ‘Vote Chori’ After ECI Rift Emerges’Justice Must Be Served’: Ladakh Marks One Year Since Deadly Leh Violence | WatchWhen The Umpires Clash: 10 Questions At The Heart Of The Election Commission-SIR Row21-Year Search Ends As Jamui Police Arrest Double Murder Accused While Raiding House Of His Son‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC Row123Hot PicksStock Market TodayBank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysMaharashtra School holidayPunjab school holidayTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court Sep 25, 2026, 12:02 IST IITs to stop campus hiring by 22 companies for 2 years after 150+ job offers to 2026 graduates went unhonoured; Oracle reportedly withdrew around 40 offers ‘The Vvaan: Force of the Forrest’ X review: Sidharth Malhotra, Tamannaah Bhatia’s film gets praise for folklore, visuals; viewers call it ‘EXPLOSIVE’ and ‘UNPREDICTABLE’ Home Organization Ideas: What to do with empty delivery boxes? 4 creative diy ideas to reuse them for home organisation instead of throwing them away A Pennsylvania landowner bought his homestead in 1988; decades later, he protected 230 acres of forest, ponds and wetlands forever ‘Netanyahu used his speech to repeat baseless lies’: Mamdani slams Israel PM over UN address NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday upped the ante against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and put up posters demanding his removal in Delhi amid the ongoing row over the functioning of the poll panel and Special Intensive Revision of electoral list.Put up by the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee’s OBC department, the poster read, “Remove Gyanesh Kumar, save Election Commission.”This came a day after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi lashed out at Gyanesh Kumar after reports of differences within the poll body over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls sparked a political stir.Rahul accused the CEC of “vote chori, kanun chori, sanstha chori (vote theft, law theft, institutional theft)”, calling it an “act against the nation”.”The Election Commission is the institutional protector of the vote… I have shown it with proof, and there is already more than enough information to make this a 100% certainty that Indian elections, Lok Sabha elections, 2024 election, Vidhan Sabha elections are all being rigged,” he said, addressing a press conference.”I come from a political family, and I have spent more than 50 years in a political family… In India, there is a fundamental force called anti-incumbency that very quickly starts to resist any government. It does not spare anybody. Indira Gandhi won the Bangladesh war, was at the height of her popularity, and then suddenly, within a year or two, massive anti-incumbency, massive pressure,” he added.Meanwhile, police personnel have been deployed outside the Election Commission office in Delhi ahead of a protest demonstration by Delhi Congress over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demands for the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.The Indian Youth Congress is also scheduled to hold a protest march from 5, Raisina Road to Jantar Mantar on Friday, demanding the resignation of Kumar.The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Thursday also launched a nationwide online citizens’ petition titled “Gyanesh, It’s Done Bro”, seeking action against the CEC and calling upon citizens, particularly young people, to participate in a campaign for electoral transparency and accountability.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesAn Indian Express report has highlighted differences among members of the EC over the SIR of electoral rolls. The report said Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised formal objections on at least 14 occasions over a 10-month period against decisions and orders related to electoral-roll processes.The Election Commission, however, described the queries and observations raised by its members as part of its routine internal process. It said written notes, technical inputs and internal scrutiny were standard mechanisms to check legal compliance and protect voters’ rights.The ECI further said all decisions taken by the Commission, including those related to SIR, had full legal backing and stressed that its final decisions were unanimous.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorRohitashwa RanjanRohitashwa Ranjan is a digital journalist with The Times of India, where he decodes Indian politics as a carefully staged production with scripts, subtext and everything behind. His stories track elections, party dynamics and the things that often are buried beneath the headlines. When not parsing vote shares or alliances, he is usually reading between the lines, where the real story tends to reside.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos“Terror, Theatrics Won’t Repay Loans”: India Hits Back At Pakistan At UNHRCBJP’s ₹529 Crore Poll Spending Revealed; Bengal Alone Accounted For ₹287 Crore, EC Data ShowsAjeet Bharti Faces Arrest Heat As Delhi HC Rejects Bail In Chandrashekhar Azad CaseIIT-Bombay Death Row: Parents Question CCTV Leak, Demand CBI Probe And Action Against OfficialsAnother Sexual Assault Case from Bihar: 4 Arrested In Samastipur After Video Surfaces OnlineRahul Gandhi Demands Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation, Alleges ‘Vote Chori’ After ECI Rift Emerges’Justice Must Be Served’: Ladakh Marks One Year Since Deadly Leh Violence | WatchWhen The Umpires Clash: 10 Questions At The Heart Of The Election Commission-SIR Row21-Year Search Ends As Jamui Police Arrest Double Murder Accused While Raiding House Of His Son‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC Row123Hot PicksStock Market TodayBank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysMaharashtra School holidaySamastipur girl molestationTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court Alia Bhatt shares FIRST LOOK from Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal starrer ‘Love & War’; looks ravishing in glamorous retro avatar 6 Things girls learn from their grandparents without even realising NASA astronaut John Young carried a corned beef sandwich hidden in his spacesuit aboard Gemini III in 1965; rye crumbs floated through the cabin, and it became a $30 million problem for NASA Who is Suruchi Singh? 19-year-old with 5 World Cup golds in one season goes from 26th in 10m air pistol individuals to Asian Games gold in mixed At 10, Minnesota girl Natalie Flaherty began handing out Anne Frank-inspired bracelets; two years later, 100,000 have reached all 50 states and 50+ countries, earning her a $10,000 Young Hero Prize Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on September 14 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Goa government on a plea filed by former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal challenging the Bombay high court judgment convicting him in a 2013 sexual assault case and sentencing him to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment.The bench sought the state’s response on Tejpal’s challenge to the August 6 High Court verdict, which overturned his acquittal by a trial court in May 2021. The high court had convicted him of sexually assaulting a junior colleague inside a hotel elevator in Goa in November 2013 and also imposed a fine of more than Rs 10 lakh, to be paid to the survivor.Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on September 14 after the Supreme Court directed him to do so within three weeks. He was subsequently sent to Central Jail at Colvale in North Goa to serve his sentence.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorVivek DubeyA digital news desk journalist at The Times of India with over two years of experience. Closely tracks foreign affairs and international politics. Fondness for precise language and clever headlines. When not editing news, he is usually refining a turn of phrase.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos“Terror, Theatrics Won’t Repay Loans”: India Hits Back At Pakistan At UNHRCBJP’s ₹529 Crore Poll Spending Revealed; Bengal Alone Accounted For ₹287 Crore, EC Data ShowsAjeet Bharti Faces Arrest Heat As Delhi HC Rejects Bail In Chandrashekhar Azad CaseIIT-Bombay Death Row: Parents Question CCTV Leak, Demand CBI Probe And Action Against OfficialsAnother Sexual Assault Case from Bihar: 4 Arrested In Samastipur After Video Surfaces OnlineRahul Gandhi Demands Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation, Alleges ‘Vote Chori’ After ECI Rift Emerges’Justice Must Be Served’: Ladakh Marks One Year Since Deadly Leh Violence | WatchWhen The Umpires Clash: 10 Questions At The Heart Of The Election Commission-SIR Row21-Year Search Ends As Jamui Police Arrest Double Murder Accused While Raiding House Of His Son‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC Row123Hot PicksStock Market TodayBank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysMaharashtra School holidayPunjab school holidayTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court ‘Dorothy’ X review: Karthik Subbaraj’s film gets intense reactions; Keerthy Suresh’s role called ‘short yet impactful’; second half sees ‘complete tonal shift’ “My parents are more….”: Woman quits high paying corporate job after 6 years in Canada, returns to India for ageing parents and health Meet Adrian Abraham, 9-year-old Indian-origin rock and metal guitarist aiming to set a world record by attempting the Grade 8 electric guitar exam An Italian town is rebuilding its school with 70% of the old building’s demolition waste; it will also collect rainwater | World News ‘I talked to him, he shook my hand’: Rajpal Yadav recalls meeting Mushtaq Khan two hours before his death Viral Video: Truck carrying desi ghee overturns in UP, locals rush to collect what spilled on the road ‘Want China out of Tibet’: Protesters rally in Washington amid Trump-Xi meet Akshay Kumar’s son Aarav Bhatia SPOTTED with mother Twinkle Khanna and sister Nitara at the Mumbai Airport, fans says, ‘glimpse of Rajesh Khanna’