India, Aug. 19 -- Indian electoral machinery, especially its chief, Gyanesh Kumar, has come in for praise by US President Donald Trump, as he asked American lawmakers to emulate the system in an attempt to drum up support stricter electoral laws in the US. Trump lauded the Indian election system and recalled Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kumar, questioning the lack of voter identification in American polls.

"Earlier this month, India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration - How can you have Elections in the US without a valid Photo ID," Trump wrote "India's last Election had 646,000,000 Voters! Less than one per cent voted by mail, and every single Voter had to have a VALID Photo Identity Document," he...