Two election commissioners complain in letters to India’s Cabinet Secretary that a senior Election Commission official issued work-allocation orders without consulting them, and an RTI reply shows the Cabinet Secretariat did not take action. The letters, dated July 29, raise concerns connected to how responsibilities were being reassigned within the poll panel.
According to the RTI responses described by multiple outlets, the Cabinet Secretariat cites the Election Commission’s constitutional independence as a reason to refrain from intervening. One outlet also reports that the Secretariat copied its acknowledgement to the Chief Election Commissioner, though it remains unclear whether the CEC responded. The reporting frames the letters as objections to the conduct of a deputy election commissioner and to changes in work allocation affecting internal coordination.
Coverage varies mainly in emphasis: some outlets lead with the Cabinet Secretariat’s “no action” decision, while others foreground the specific commissioners involved or the “interference” framing mentioned in the RTI reply. Across sources, the core facts—letters from two ECs to the Cabinet Secretary, the subject of the complaints, and the Cabinet Secretariat’s decision not to act—are consistent.
