Rahul Gandhi 'disagreed' on government CIC candidate: RTI response reveals

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi had "disagreed" with the appointment of Raj Kumar Goyal as Chief Information Commissioner, suggesting the names of IAS Sumita Dawra, Justice S. Muralidhar, and Professor Faizan Mustafa, according to minutes released under the Right to Information Act.

In an RTI response to activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd), the Department of Personnel and Training gave the minutes of meeting which was held on December 10, 2025, in the Parliament building to select the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and eight other information commissioners.