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From Kashmir to Ayodhya to SIR: The making of India’s most divisive chief election commissioner

He was the quiet executor of Article 370 and the architect of the Ram Temple trust. Now, as Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar has deleted crores of voters from the rolls – and is about to face what no CEC ever has: an impeachment motion. This is the story of how he got here.

Sumedha MittalJisha Surya
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