IHRM urges International IDEA to remove Gyanesh Kumar from chairmanship

The State committee of the Indian Human Rights Movement (IHRM) has written to the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in Stockholm, Sweden, seeking an urgent review and removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar as India’s Chair/representative in the organisation.

India assumed chairmanship of the Council of Member Countries for 2026, with Mr. Kumar serving as Chair in his capacity as India’s representative. In a letter addressed to the Secretary-General of International IDEA, with copies marked to the organisation’s Chair, members and Board of Advisers, IHRM State president Felix J. Pulludan called for replacing Mr. Kumar as India’s representative in the chairmanship, or for the organisation to take any other measure legally available under its statutes and rules of procedure pending an independent review.