CPI leader Binoy Viswam demands Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged BJP ties
Communist Party of India leader Binoy Viswam has called for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging the official has connections with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Viswam’s demand follows statements by former Kerala chief secretary Jiji Thomson, who said Kumar had encouraged him to contest the 2016 parliamentary elections as a BJP candidate. The claim has sparked political controversy.