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Mamata Backs CJP's Call for CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Removal
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News18•02-10-2026, 22:45
Mamata Backs CJP's Call for CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Removal
- •Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has publicly supported the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)'s agitation.
- •The CJP is demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- •Banerjee expressed her support while speaking to reporters at Kolkata airport after an INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi.
- •She stated, "We are fully supporting the Cockroach (Janata) Party and all the young generation and students."
- •This is not the first time Banerjee has supported CJP; she previously backed their protest against alleged NEET irregularities in August.
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Mamata Banerjee extended her support to the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and its agitation demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
She spoke to reporters at the Kolkata airport after returning from Delhi, where she had attended an INDIA bloc meeting.
In August, Banerjee supported a CJP protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi regarding alleged irregularities in the NEET medical entrance examination.
