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The Union authorities connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) countered Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s assertion that lone 7% of the candidates put guardant by the authorities for appointments arsenic 8 Information Commissioners, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), and Vigilance Commissioner were from marginalised communities.
Government sources confirmed that for the 8 vacancies arsenic Information Commissioners, the authorities had recommended 1 sanction from the SC community, 1 from the ST community, 1 subordinate from the Other Backward Classes and a subordinate of a number community, and a woman. “So, determination were 5 candidates from the marginalised communities for the 8 posts being considered, which shows that Rahul Gandhi’s assertions bash not clasp up,” said the source.
Mr. Gandhi had reportedly made the assertion, according to Congress sources, successful his dissent notes pursuing a gathering of the precocious level committee, comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Mr. Gandhi, which met connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) to finalise the names of the adjacent Chief Information Commissioner, 8 Information Commissioners and a Vigilance Commissioner.
The gathering ran for astir 90 minutes but ended without immoderate names getting the support of each three, aft Mr. Gandhi reportedly submitted elaborate dissent notes, reportedly stating that nary of the candidates enactment guardant for the posts belonged to immoderate of the marginalised communities.
Government sources besides shared a examination of appointments of candidates from marginalised communities nether the regimes of the United Progress Alliance and the National Democratic Alliance to accent their point. “Between 2005 and 2014, nether the UPA, not a azygous idiosyncratic was appointed arsenic either a subordinate oregon the chairperson of the Commission. It was nether the NDA, successful 2018, that a member, Suresh Chandra, belonging to the Scheduled Tribes was appointed. In 2020, Heeralal Samariya, was appointed and successful 2023 he became Chief Information Commissioner, the first-ever campaigner from the Scheduled Castes to beryllium appointed to that position,” said a source.
The names of the new CIC, Information Commissioners and Vigilance Commissioner had not been announced astatine the clip of writing.
