Divya Delhi: The Union government was criticized by opposition parties for rejecting Rahul Gandhi's dissent on Gyanesh Kumar's nomination as Chief Election Commissioner. The Congress leader previously asked the government to delay the appointment till the Supreme Court ruled on the CEC appointment procedure challenges. The top court will hear the plea on Wednesday, although the government announced the appointment two days prior. Political analysts question why the government made a choice that might greatly affect the country's political landscape just two days later. The next CEC will take over and resign. He will prepare for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections and organize the 2027 presidential and vice-presidential elections and 20 state assembly elections.The new CEC is chosen by a committee made up of the minister, the prime minister, and the leader of the opposition, based on a high-level committee's recommendations. A minister, the opposition leader, and India's Chief Justice were formerly on the committee.Congress opposes this arrangement and has asked the Supreme Court to stop the PM from replacing the CJI.Rahul Gandhi protested the CEC's selection procedure, noting that the body is already split 2:1.He asked, "Why go?" What's the goal? I’m going to the meeting just to confirm what Modiji and Amit Shahji say. But analysts think the union government wanted Gyanesh Kumar as CEC due to his closeness to Home Minister Amit Shah.The new CEC may be prejudiced toward the ruling party, as the government trusts him and he has shown loyalty to it. Gyanesh Kumar, a Kerala cadre IAS officer of the 1988 batch, retired as Union Cooperation Secretary.He was the Chief Secretary under Amit Shah's ministry until  , when he became an Election Commissioner.He was made an Election Commissioner a year ago and is now the CEC.Earlier, he served at the Ministry of Home for five years,