'Padma Bhushan small thing, make him PM': Cong mocks BJP Bengal chief's praise for CEC
Congress leader Pawan Khera mocked West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya’s praise for CEC Gyanesh Kumar, saying, "The Padma Bhushan is a very small thing. Make him the Prime Minister." Bhattacharya credited Kumar with a violence-free election and voter roll revision, amid Opposition criticism and a Supreme Court plea over the SIR exercise and alleged Election Commission decisions.
Congress leader Pawan Khera responded to West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya's praise for Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday. Bhattacharya had earlier hailed Kumar for deserving the Padma Bhushan award for conducting the recent West Bengal assembly election and purifying the voter list, crediting him for ensuring a violence-free poll and removing illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from the rolls.
Khera scoffed at the Padma Bhushan as "a very small thing" and suggested Kumar should instead become the Prime Minister, arguing that someone capable of elevating others to high office should ascend to that role themselves.
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