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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Replying to the debate, Home Minister Amit Shah said the SIR falls within the Commission's constitutional powers and cannot be answered by the government in Parliament, cited earlier intensive revisions under Congress governments, and said the exercise removes the dead, the shifted, duplicates and foreigners. When Rahul Gandhi asked him to debate his three press conferences, Shah said Parliament would not run to his wishes.
On the SIR's legal basis, raised in the debate: the Supreme Court's later judgment of 27 May 2026 on the Bihar SIR traced the Commission's power to Section 21(3) of the RP Act, 1950.
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