Gyanesh Kumar used to recruit for BJP alleges Rahul Gandhi
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar recruited for the Bharatiya Janata Party before his appointment, citing claims from a former Kerala official.
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- Rahul Gandhi alleged that Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar worked to recruit candidates for the Bharatiya Janata Party prior to his current role.
- This accusation follows claims by former Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson that Kumar asked him to run for the BJP in 2019.
- The accusations coincide with reports of internal disagreements among election commissioners regarding electoral roll revisions.
- These developments raise questions about the impartiality of the election oversight body.
What to watch next
- Any official response from Gyanesh Kumar regarding the recruitment allegations
- Further developments regarding internal conflicts within the Election Commission of India
- Political reactions to the allegations concerning electoral roll revision processes
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Jiji Thomson
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“He was waxing eloquent about Prime Minister Modi and openly asked me if I was interested in contesting as a BJP candidate from Pathanamthitta in the 2019 general elections”
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…electoral roll database. On Saturday, Thomson, who served as the chief secretary of Keralam from February 2015 to February 2016, claimed that Kumar had asked him to contest as a BJP candidate during a flight in 2016. “ He was waxing eloquent about Prime Minister Modi and openly asked me if I was interested in contesting as a BJP candidate from Pathanamthitta in the 2019 general elections ,” Thomson was quoted as saying by Onmanorama. “He was very persuasive, I declined it prompty.” Thomson told The Hindu that it was a “friendly suggestion” by Kumar, and not an offer. Opposition criticism Sharing a news…
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NamedIndia · Bharatiya Janata Party · Election Commission of India · Communist Party of India (Marxist) · Congress · Gyanesh Kumar · Jiji Thomson · Kerala · Onmanorama · Rahul Gandhi · Rajnath Singh · Sukhbir Singh Sandhu · Thomas Isaac
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