23 Sep 2026
Inside the Commission
Indian Express: ECs wrote to Cabinet Secretary over IT oversight changeReportedChecked
Deputation appointment; no appointment order or date was found in public records. The Tribune and National Herald report she joined in 2025.
The Cockroach Janta Party demanded Gyanesh Kumar's resignation within 48 hours, an independent inquiry into SIR decisions, a halt to exclusions, repeal of the 2023 appointment law, and publication of the Commissioners' notes. On 25 September it said protests would begin on 2 October.
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).