MUMBAI, Oct 3 Reuters India39;s newlyappointed monetary policy committee members may see at least one dissenter calling for a rate cut when the group meets next week, several economists said in separate research notes this week.

India39;s government on Tuesday appointed Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar as new external members of the Reserve Bank of India39;s ratesetting panel.

The reshuffle could change a recent split view within the sixmember panel, where two external members voted for a rate cut in August on the argument that high inflation adjusted real rates could hurt growth.

The doves39; departure reduces chance of a cut next week, Shilan Shah of Capital Economics said in a note.

Though 80 of the economists polled by Reuters expect a status quo in the RBI39;s October policy, calls for a cut or at least a change in stance have grown since the U.S. Federal Reserve began its rate cutting cycle last month.

We expect the MPC to keep policy rates and stance unchanged next week, with at least one dissenting vote, likely from the new external members, Barclays economists Shreya Sodhani and Amruta Ghare said.

Several economists pointed to an opinion piece written by Bhattacharya in midAugust where he was in favour of rate cuts, suggesting he could be the dissenter.

Mr. Bhattacharya made an emphatic case for rate cuts back in August, although it remains to be seen how his views have evolved since, economists Sonal Varma and Aurodeep Nandi at Nomura…