Senior Congress leader and Member of Lok Sabha Pawan Khera on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) sarcastically commented on a post by U.S. President Donald Trump, targeting Election Commission of India’s (ECI’s) authorities. He asked the U.S. President to take the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to America.
We need to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, now! Mr. Trump had posted.
India’s last Election had 646,000,000 Voters! Less than 1% voted by mail, and every single Voter had to have a VALID Photo Identity Document.
“Earlier this month, India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration — How can you have Elections in the U.S. without a valid Photo ID? Earlier reporting noted: Pawan Khera posted on X after the US President renewed his call for the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, citing India’s election system and voter identification requirements. Earlier reporting noted: Congress leader remarks came after Donald Trump publicly invoked India’s electoral model in a bid to pass the SAVE America Act.
Earlier reporting noted: ‘Take Gyanesh Kumar to US’: Congress after Trump invokes Indian electoral system Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha member Pawan Khera on Tuesday launched an online critique directed at United States President Donald Trump and India’s poll authorities, telling the US leader to take Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and electronic voting machines to America.
