Amit Shah

Rahul Gandhi makes public his dissent note on CEC appointment

Rahul Gandhi posted his dissent note, which said an independent Commission depends on how commissioners are chosen, that dropping the CJI violated the Supreme Court's order, and that the process should be deferred until the court ruled. He called a midnight decision while the case was pending disrespectful and discourteous.

The note cites Ambedkar's June 1949 Constituent Assembly speech and surveys of declining voter trust (TOI). The X post itself was not opened. See selection-law-bjp-on-rahul-dissent.

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