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 MP Abhishek Singhvi said the report showed the CEC had sidelined his fellow Commissioners, citing the 1995 Supreme Court ruling that the Commission is a multi-member body, demanded Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and asked that all dissent notes be made public.
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).
Section 18 of the 2023 Act sets how the three members decide: allocation of work only by unanimous decision, other business unanimously as far as possible, otherwise by majority.
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