Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Balvir Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility determination. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition.

*177 Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination based on inconsistencies between petitioner’s application and testimony regarding his first arrest, his political involvement in an August 2001 rally, and his reasons for fleeing India after the 2001 rally. See id. at 1043-45 .

Because petitioner failed to demonstrate that he was eligible for asylum, it follows that he did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153,1156 (9th Cir .2003).

Petitioner also fails to establish a CAT claim because he did not show that it was more likely than not that he would be tortured if he was returned to India. See Kamalthas v. INS, 251 F.3d 1279, 1283 (9th…