24 Sep 2026
Neta·ResumeRahul Gandhi dissented: Asked that the decision wait for the Supreme Court hearing two days later, objected to the Chief Justice's removal from the panel in a dissent note, and did not take part in further proceedings. He published the note the next day.
Education: PhD and Master's in International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva; Executive Master's in International Business, IIFT New Delhi; B.E. Mechanical, University of Roorkee (1987) - per ECI profile
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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.