Gyanesh Kumar offering BJP ticket to Jiji Thomas has several holes in it.
From 2012–2016, Gyanesh Kumar was the Resident Commissioner of Kerala in Delhi. A coveted post, usually given to officers trusted by the Chief Minister. He was appointed to this role by Congress CM Oommen Chandy.
He then became a Joint Secretary in the Union Government — one of several hundred such Joint Secretaries in Delhi.
Now look at Jiji Thomas.
In 2016, Jiji Thomas was Kerala Chief Secretary. He was considered close to Oommen Chandy, who had appointed him despite strong opposition.
So why would BJP use a Joint Secretary, who had until recently held a politically coveted post under a Congress CM, to recruit another IAS officer who was also close to Oommen Chandy?
That too in 2016.
Three years before the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
>be Jiji Thomson
former Kerala Chief Secretary
now accusing CEC Gyanesh Kumar of offering him a BJP ticket
2015
Thomson is facing proceedings in the Palmolein case
Kerala High Court refuses to quash the proceedings
Congress-led UDF government still appoints him Kerala Chief Secretary
Oommen Chandy defends the appointment
fast-forward to 2026
same Jiji Thomson
now suddenly the star witness in a political allegation
apparently decades in the bureaucracy taught him everything
except the difference between an allegation and evidence
if Thomson has evidence
produce it
if not
this looks less like a bombshell
and more like an attempt to manufacture relevance»st