Archive · 22 Sep 2026
CEC Voter Record Questioned; Office Says No Anomaly
Saket Gokhale questioned the voter record of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
He asked how Kumar’s name appears on the current electoral roll.
Gokhale said he could not find the name in earlier Special Intensive Revision rolls.
Kumar’s office rejected the suggestion that there was a problem.
The office said Kumar’s name was connected to his father’s entry.
That entry was in the last SIR in Uttar Pradesh.
Kumar’s father is a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
The office told Times Now Digital that there was no anomaly.
Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale questioned how Gyanesh Kumar’s name appears on the current electoral roll.
Gokhale said Kumar’s name could not be traced in previous Special Intensive Revision rolls.
Kumar’s office told Times Now Digital that there is “no anomaly” in his voter record.
The office said Kumar’s name was mapped to his father’s entry in the last Uttar Pradesh SIR.
Kumar’s father is described as a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
- Who
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale.
- What
- Gokhale questioned Kumar’s voter-record entry, while Kumar’s office said there was no anomaly.
- When
- The report does not specify a date; it refers to the current electoral roll and the last Special Intensive Revision.
- Where
- The issue concerns electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Why
- Gokhale said Kumar’s name could not be traced in previous SIR rolls; the office said his name was mapped to his father’s entry.
Question Raised
Official Clarification
Presence on electoral rolls
Question Raised
Saket Gokhale questioned how Gyanesh Kumar’s name appears on the current electoral roll when, according to him, it could not be traced in earlier SIR rolls.
Official Clarification
Kumar’s office said there was no anomaly and explained that his name was mapped to his father’s entry in the last Uttar Pradesh SIR.
- Official involved
- Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner
- Question raised by
- Saket Gokhale of the Trinamool Congress
- Office response
- There is “no anomaly” in Kumar’s voter record.
- Current record
- Kumar’s name appears on the current electoral roll.
- Earlier records
- Gokhale said Kumar’s name could not be traced in previous Special Intensive Revision rolls.
- Explanation
- Kumar’s name was mapped to his father’s entry in the last Uttar Pradesh SIR.
- Source of clarification
- Times Now Digital