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Sambit Patra Rejects Election Commission Claims Amid SIR Row
- •BJP leader Sambit Patra dismissed claims linking the party's 2024 Lok Sabha election victory to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, pointing out that Kumar assumed the role of CEC in February 2025.
- •Patra used wordplay by stating that Lord Ganesh, not Gyanesh, is helping the BJP, while addressing the ongoing political controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and opposition demands for the CEC's resignation.
- •Defending the Election Commission appointments, Patra questioned the opposition's hypocrisy by recalling honors and gubernatorial posts given to former poll officials during Congress rule.
- •Patra hit back at Rahul Gandhi's allegations of vote theft, questioning whether Congress leaders, including Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, as well as state governments in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, also came to power through electoral manipulation.
Key Questions Answered
BJP leader Sambit Patra rejected claims that the party's Lok Sabha election victory was linked to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, pointing out that Kumar only became the CEC in February 2025. Patra remarked in a wordplay that "Lord Ganesh, not Gyanesh" has been helping the BJP.
Gyanesh Kumar took charge as India's 26th Chief Election Commissioner in February 2025.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls sparked a political row after an investigation reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected multiple times to decisions issued without their knowledge. While opposition parties demand the CEC's resignation and push for an impeachment motion, the Election Commission maintained that differences of opinion are normal and final decisions were unanimous.
