'Take Gyanesh Kumar to US': Cong's jibe after Trump praises India's poll system
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera mocked India's Chief Election Commissioner after Donald Trump cited India's electoral system as a model for US voter ID laws. The exchange highlights ongoing domestic tensions between the Indian opposition and the Election Commission regarding electoral integrity.
Why it matters
It illustrates how international political rhetoric is being leveraged in domestic Indian political disputes over election transparency.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera on Tuesday took a dig at Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after US President Donald Trump cited India’s election system while calling for stricter voter identification rules in the United States.In his post on X, Khera said, “Please take Gyanesh Kumar Gupta to America. And keep him there. We will send our EVMs too by the next available flight.”Referring to what he called Trump’s “insults and bullying” towards India, Khera added, “This is the least we can do for you.”He ended the post with, “To SIR With Love, from India,” indirectly referring to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Trump had cited India’s electoral system while renewing his push for the SAVE America Act, a proposed US law that would require proof of citizenship for federal voter registration and introduce voter identification requirements.Trump said India’s Chief Election Commissioner had questioned how elections could be conducted…
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