Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Gurvir Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying Singh’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition for review.

We review for substantial evidence the decisions of the IJ and the BIA and will reverse only if the record compels a contrary conclusion. Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149-50 (9th Cir.1999).

Singh sought asylum on the ground that he had been persecuted in India due to his active membership in the Shiromani Akali Dal Mann party. The IJ identified specific and cogent reasons for finding Singh’s testimony not credible regarding his membership in the party because Singh lacked anything more than basic knowledge re *692 garding the political cause he allegedly supported and Singh admitted that he had never voted for his party’s candidates. See Singh v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1139, 1143 (9th Cir.2004).

The IJ also found internal inconsistencies in Singh’s testimony regarding the date on which he…