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Cabinet Secretariat Rejects Election Panel Complaint Against Maneesh Garg
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- Cabinet Secretariat declined to act on Election Commissioner complaints against deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg in October 2026.
- Secretariat said lack of formal commission-wide communication made intervention improper interference with a constitutional body.
- Commissioners Sandhu and Joshi sent July 29, 2026 letters alleging Garg altered senior officers’ work allocation without Commission approval.
- Election Commission stated on September 26, 2026 that Garg’s disputed directives were never implemented after the Commissioners’ instructions.