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Rahul Gandhi says it is ‘disrespectful and discourteous’ to appoint the CEC at midnight, makes his dissent note public
By violating the Supreme Court order and removing the Chief Justice of India from the committee, the Modi government had ‘exacerbated the concerns of hundreds of millions of voters over the integrity of our electoral process’, the Congress leader said
Updated - February 18, 2025 06:19 pm IST - New Delhi
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Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi arrives to attend a meeting in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI
The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that the midnight appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was “discourteous and disrespectful” when the process of appointment and the composition of the selection committee itself was being challenged before the Supreme Court.
"Midnight Decision Disrespectful": Rahul Gandhi Note On Poll Chief Selection
The Supreme Court is expected to hear this week a petition against the new law to select a Chief Election Commissioner.
NDTV News Desk India News Feb 18, 2025 13:59 pm IST
New Delhi:
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has slammed the centre's 'midnight decision' to appoint Gyanesh Kumar as the next Chief Election Commissioner, calling his nomination a 'violation of the Supreme Court order (by) removing the Chief Justice of India from the selection committee".
Mr Gandhi, part of that three-member panel, as are Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, had last night objected to picking a new CEC at this time, pointing out a challenge to the law governing his/her selection is to be heard by the Supreme Court this week.
The Congress leader had shared a dissent note, which he posted on X today.
However, sources later told NDTV the centre planned to press on regardless, since halting the process would mean leaving the key post vacant. Hours later Mr Kumar was named as the new CEC, replacing Rajiv Kumar. And, this morning Mr Gandhi went on the warpath.
"During the meeting of the committee to select the next (Chief) Election Commissioner, I presented a dissent note to the PM and HM that stated: 'The most fundamental aspect of an independent Election Commission... free from executive interference... is the process of choosing the Election Commissioner and Chief Election Commissioner."
This story is from February 18, 2025
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