The Congress on Monday (October 5, 2026) said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must quit right away and claimed that his ability to “execute G2’s illegal orders” has now made him a “liability for the country”.
Sharing a post carrying the video clip of Mr. Bhuyan’s remarks, Mr. If he has any sense of shame, Gyanesh Kumar must quit right away. Mr. Ramesh often uses the term ‘G2’ to take a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh’s attack on the CEC came a day after Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan remarked that any process that “disenfranchises” millions of Indian citizens is “intrinsically arbitrary” and a “negation” of the constitutional order. “His [Kumar’s] ability to execute G2’s illegal orders has now made him a liability for the country,” Mr. Ramesh said.
Ramesh said on X, “Here is the bold Justice Ujjal Bhuyan speaking yesterday in NALSAR University in Hyderabad, where he exposed the CEC lock, stock and barrel.
The Congress’ attack on the CEC comes days after The Indian Express reported that election commissioners Sandhu and Joshi objected on record at least 14 times over the past 10 months to decisions and orders on the Special Intensive Revision process that they said were issued without their knowledge or recommendation.
On Sunday (October 4), the Congress cited Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on the right to vote and claimed his comment conclusively proves the CEC has violated the Constitution, in letter and spirit. “Now the courageous jurist has forcefully expressed his view that the right to vote is very much part of the basic structure of the Constitution.
“Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, has been an outspoken champion of environmental protection,” Mr. This conclusively proves that the CEC — a constitutional functionary himself — has violated the Constitution itself both in letter and spirit,” he had said. Ramesh had said on Sunday evening.
