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26th Chief Election Commissioner of India
Gyanesh Kumar is a former IAS officer who currently serves as the Chief Election Commissioner of India. He came under scrutiny during the 2025 Indian electoral controversy and the 2026 Indian electoral controversy, where the Election Commission of India (ECI) was accused of collusion with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of having engaged in electoral fraud.
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Prime Minister of India since 2014
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician and statesman who has served as the prime minister of India since 26 May 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is India's third-longest-serving prime minister, and the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.
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Royal title of Persian origin
Shāh is a royal title meaning 'king' in Persian. Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Persianate societies and non-Islamic kingdoms, such as the Ottoman Empire, the Khanate of Bukhara and the Emirate of Bukhara, the Mughal Empire, the Maratha Empire, the Bengal Sultanate, and various Afghan dynasties, as well as among Gurkhas.
More on Wikipedia ↗Two other prominent CJP leaders are set to be released on Sunday. India has seen huge rallies calling on the country's top election official to step down over alleged manipulation of voter rolls.
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “waging a
Abhijeet Dipke criticizes PM Modi for excessive police force in Delhi and defends activists against judicial custody.