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Piyush Goyal Hits Back At Congress Over Election Commission History And Ex-CECs
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News18•13-10-2026, 19:40
Piyush Goyal Hits Back At Congress Over Election Commission History And Ex-CECs
- •Union Minister Piyush Goyal criticized the Congress party by highlighting their historical appointments and political rewards given to former Chief Election Commissioners.
- •Goyal cited the example of former CEC T.N. Seshan, whom the Congress fielded as a candidate against BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections.
- •The BJP minister also pointed out M.S. Gill, who served as CEC and later became a Rajya Sabha MP and Union Minister under the Congress government.
- •Other former CECs like Ramakrishna Trivedi and Navin Chawla were also mentioned by the BJP while questioning the appointments and neutrality of election officials during past regimes.
Key Questions Answered
In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party fielded former Chief Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan to contest against BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani from the Gandhinagar seat in Gujarat.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal named T.N. Seshan, who was given a Congress ticket to run against L.K. Advani, and M.S. Gill, who later became a Rajya Sabha MP and Union Cabinet Minister under the Congress government.
Running on a Congress ticket from the Gandhinagar seat in Gujarat during the 1999 general elections, T.N. Seshan was defeated by BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani by a margin of about 1.8 lakh votes.
