West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on Friday said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar deserved a Padma Bhushan “at the very least”, and credited him with ensuring a violence-free assembly election in the state and “cleansing” the voter list by removing illegal Bangladeshis from it.
a plea was filed before the Supreme Court challenging the EC’s poll-related orders and software changes allegedly made by Kumar without the concurrence of the two election commissioners While the Congress held nationwide protests on Friday demanding the CEC’s removal and arrest. His own party doesn’t take him seriously, and you are talking of Rahul Gandhi.
Speaking to reporters at Panihati in North 24 Parganas district, Bhattacharya also dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statements where he branded Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and CEC Kumar as “traitors” and said they would be investigated for “destroying” the foundation of India’s democracy — the vote of the common man — by rigging polls. “In a border state like West Bengal, Gyanesh Kumar took the initiative to remove the names of Bangladeshi infiltrators from the voter list,” Bhattacharya said. Responding dismissively to a question on Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s statement, Bhattacharya said, “The Congress itself doesn’t pay heed to him.
