'Gyanu Must Go,' Says Dipke After Kerala Bureaucrat Claims Gyanesh Kumar Offered Him BJP Candidature
Jiji Thomson said Kumar was persuasive and asked him to contest as a BJP candidate from Pathanamthitta, adding that he declined the offer.
- Former Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar offered him a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket during a 2016 flight to New Delhi.
- Thomson recalled that Kumar, then a Kerala-cadre IAS officer, was "very persuasive" while praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asking if he would contest from Pathanamthitta in 2019 elections.
- This revelation intensifies scrutiny on Kumar, who became the 26th Chief Election Commissioner in February 2025. Opposition leaders, including CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam, have demanded his resignation citing alleged bias toward the BJP.
- Viswam claimed the offer proves Kumar is "willing to stoop to any level" for the BJP and demanded his resignation to protect the Constitution, adding that Electronic Voting Machines should be removed.
- Reports indicate other election commissioners have filed 14 objections over 10 months against Kumar's decisions, while Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi previously stated that the Prime Minister and Home Minister Amit Shah ignored his appointment concerns.
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Ex-Kerala Chief Secretary Claims Gyanesh Kumar Offered Him BJP Ticket In 2016
Jiji Thomson made the claim on local media as the Election Commission and Gyanesh Kumar face massive controversy over the handling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and allegations of differences within the three-member poll panel.
Ex-Kerala Chief Secy Claims CEC Offered BJP Ticket, Dipke Says ‘Gyanu Must Go’
<p class="isSelectedEnd">Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday renewed his demand for Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation after former Kerala chief secretary Jiji Thomson alleged that Kumar had offered him a BJP ticket for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">According to a report by Onmanorama, Thomson claimed that Kumar asked him in 2016, while they were travelling on the…
Ex-Keralam CS says CEC urged him to contest on BJP ticket
Former Keralam chief secretary Jiji Thomson said on Saturday, September 26, that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar had suggested he contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Pathanamthitta on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. Speaking to The Hindu, Thomson said the conversation took place on a Delhi flight in 2015-16. “It was not … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and T…
Former Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson has leveled serious allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. She claims that Gyanesh Kumar asked her to contest the 2016 elections on a BJP ticket. Rahul Gandhi has accused Gyanesh Kumar of match-fixing in the elections.
Did Gyanesh Kumar Suggest BJP Ticket To Ex-Kerala Chief Secretary? Jiji Thomson Makes BIG Claim
It has been alleged by Jiji Thomson, who was once the chief secretary of Kerala, that the then CEC, Gyanesh Kumar, had asked him to contest the Lok Sabha election in 2019 on the BJP ticket while travelling to Delhi in
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