24 Sep 2026
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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.
Education: MBBS (Government Medical College, Amritsar); Master's in History (Guru Nanak Dev University) - per ECI profile and The Tribune; The Tribune also reports a law degree
The source lists these without dates. They appear in the source's order.
Election Commissioners Sandhu and Joshi each wrote to Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan reporting Garg's order as a clear violation of the law governing the Commission and asking for appropriate action against him.
Letters seen by The Indian Express. No response from Garg, the Cabinet Secretary or the ECI on this was reported; the ECI and both ECs did not answer the newspaper.