24 Sep 2026
Neta·Resume
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
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On 16 April 2026 Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu told senior officers that many communications were going out in the Commission's name without its approval and that all must now have it, citing the 2023 Act; the same day he recorded that the IT division had built new modules without informing him. On 24 April Vivek Joshi issued a similar direction citing Article 324 and the Act.
Notes not public; The Indian Express says it has seen them.