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
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AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal called the SIR illegal, accused the CEC of running the Commission single-handedly, and demanded his arrest, restoration of rolls from three years earlier and fresh elections in six states and Delhi.
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).
The Supreme Court's judgment of 27 May 2026 concerned the Bihar SIR; it held that exercise traceable to Section 21(3) of the RP Act, 1950.
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