25 Sep 2026
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Rahul Gandhi dissented: Asked that the decision wait for the Supreme Court hearing two days later, objected to the Chief Justice's removal from the panel in a dissent note, and did not take part in further proceedings. He published the note the next day.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury dissented: Recorded dissent on procedure: 212 names sent the night before and a six-name shortlist eight to ten minutes before the meeting. He said he had nothing against the two appointees. source ↗ response ↗
Congress workers protested in Lucknow, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jammu and Guwahati, where state chief Gaurav Gogoi was detained. Priyanka Gandhi called the BJP's attack a stale story, and BJD president Naveen Patnaik sought the CEC's resignation and a review of the SIR.
No direct response to this statement was found. The Commission's standing reply to the investigation is its 23 Sep 2026 press note (sir-rules-eci-pn-119-response).
Education: B.Tech Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur; Business Finance, ICFAI; Environmental Economics, HIID, Harvard University - per ECI profile
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