The Congress-led UDF government’s decision comes after senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac revived unfounded allegations surrounding Kumar’s tenure as PWD secretary nearly two decades ago. I
During the press conference, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke attacked CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), voter name deletions, and the Indian Express report on internal dissent in the Election Commission.
"The office of the prime minister has a certain sanctity attached. If his decisions are not to be trusted and are to be seen as necessarily a bad faith exercise, then why not have a provision that even while selecting his cabinet, he must consult some other former judge or outsider," submitted solicitor-general Tushar Mehta.