23 Sep 2026
Inside the Commission
Indian Express: ECs wrote to Cabinet Secretary over IT oversight changeReportedChecked
Neta·ResumeDeputation appointment; no appointment order or date was found in public records. The Tribune and National Herald report she joined in 2025.
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).