Top news of the day: Opposition calls for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s removal after report of dissent in ECI; Minister in CEC-EC selection panel fails ‘perception test’, says Justice Dipankar Datta in split verdict; and more

Opposition parties on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) sought the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar after an Indian Express ‘expose’ claimed that two of the three Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, formally recorded objections at least 14 times over ten months, saying major decisions were being made in the name of the full Election Commission without their knowledge — several of which they called “unauthorised and illegal.”