Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face renewed pressure on Friday as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and a coalition of student and activist groups stage fresh protests demanding the resignation of Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a controversial voter roll revision.

The CJP will rally in Mumbai and plans nationwide demonstrations in the coming days, while student and civil society groups gather at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar to protest allegations that the commission manipulated voter rolls to favor Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, a claim denied by the government and the election commission.

Pressure on Kumar intensified last month after the Indian Express reported his two deputies formally raised concerns 14 times over 10 months regarding voter-list revisions, registration procedures, and digital systems, though the commission stated differing views are normal and lawful. "We have been asking and demanding for a change, but nothing of that is going to happen if our only tool that is left to change anything in our society, the right to vote, is taken away from us," CJP convenor Saurav Das told ANI on Thursday, adding, "We will only end the protest after Gyanesh Kumar resigns."

The controversy centers on a nationwide voter-verification exercise launched last year that critics argue removed millions of eligible voters, while the commission maintains the process removes duplicate, deceased, or ineligible voters to ensure accuracy. Opposition parties led by the Congress party will begin separate protests demanding Kumar's resignation on October 6, alongside the youth movement CJP, which emerged from online frustration over unemployment and leaked examination papers.

Led by Abhijeet Dipke, the CJP gained national prominence after spearheading mass protests over exam-paper leaks that led to the resignation of India's education minister, marking one of Modi's significant recent political setbacks.