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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In coordinated press conferences, opposition parties made three demands: remove the CEC, a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry, and a pause of the SIR. K C Venugopal, P Chidambaram, Akhilesh Yadav, Abhishek Banerjee, M K Stalin, Mamata Banerjee, Tejashwi Yadav and Kapil Sibal spoke; Sibal said decisions taken without the majority should be void.
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).