New Delhi, Dec 9, 2025

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly reacted to remarks made by Rahul Gandhi, senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, who alleged that the Chief Election Commissioner of India was appointed after the Chief Justice of India was removed from the selection panel.

Responding sharply, the BJP asked, “Can Rahul Gandhi name one Election Commissioner during the Congress government who was chosen by a committee that included either the Chief Justice of India or the Leader of the Opposition?”

On its official X handle, the BJP wrote: “The committee was created temporarily until a new law was enacted. Until then, Congress Prime Ministers directly appointed Election Commissioners.” The party further questioned Gandhi’s memory of the UPA e

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