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Enjoyed working with Arun Goel: CEC Rajiv Kumar | Latest News India

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Chief election commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Saturday said he enjoyed working with former election commissioner Arun Goel adding that he wants everybody to respect his decision to resign. Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar announcing the schedule of the Lok Sabha polls. (PTI photo) Goel had resigned on March 10. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. CEC Kumar announced the polling dates for the Lok Sabha election, held in seven phases beginning April 19. “Mr Arun was a very, very distinguished member of our team and I thoroughly enjoyed working with him all the time. But in every institution, somebody will have to be given the personal space and I am sure that the space should not be touched, and one should not be insensitive to asking personal questions. If he had personal reasons, it is fine, you must respect it,” Kumar told reporters. Also Read:Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of Lok Sabha polls During his address to media persons, Goel said that dissent is encouraged in the commission. …

Poll Panel Chief On Arun Goel’s Shock Resignation

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New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday steered clear of a question on last week’s shock resignation of Arun Goel as an Election Commissioner – days before the poll panel was to announce Lok Sabha election dates – telling NDTV “… he had personal reasons”.  He also rejected talk of an acrimonious departure, calling his former colleague “a very distinguished member of the team” and someone with whom he “enjoyed working”. “Arun Goel was a very distinguished member of the team and I thoroughly enjoyed working with him. But, in every institution, everyone must be given personal space, and that should not be touched. He had his reasons, and you should ask him about it,” Mr Kumar said. “But let me be clear… we have a very sound tradition of not stifling dissent within the four walls of the ECI. This (the planning and conduct of elections) is a very complicated exercise… and three minds are always better than one…” he added. Last week, when Mr Goel said he was stepping down, sources …

PM Modi-led panel to select two new election commissioners on March 14: Report | Latest News India

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A high-powered panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting to finalise the appointment of the two new election commissioners on March 14, days after former election commissioner Arun Goel’s resignation, PTI reported citing sources. Arun Goel resigned as Election Commissioner on Saturday, days before the expected announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. (PTI) Sources said that the Law Ministry has sent an amended communication to all panel members for the meeting to be held now at 12 noon on March 14. Previously, the meeting was to be held on Friday, March 15, but was moved up due to the urgency of the matter. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. The two vacancies for election commissioner in the Election Commission of India came following the surprise resignation of Arun Goel last week, and the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey on February 14. The selection panel to appoint the new ECs is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has a Union minister and …

Mayawati reiterates BSP’s plan to contest Lok Sabha polls alone | Latest News India

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In the run up to the 2019 general election, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati was so determined to field good candidates that she had reached out to former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) JD (S) leader HD Deve Gowda to suggest some names to which the latter obliged. She said that the BSP is contesting the elections across the country on its own strength. (Mayawati | Official X account) Gowda’s trusted aide, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar Danish Ali, fought with a BSP ticket and won the Lok Sabha election from Amroha. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. Mayawati to go solo In contrast, Mayawati has decided to contest this year’s Lok Sabha polls alone. The BSP and Samajwadi Party (SP) alliance resulted in good fortune for both parties. BSP won ten Lok Sabha seats—up from zero in 2014—in UP while SP bagged five seats. But this time, Mayawati announced she will fight the polls alone. “My decision to go alone in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls is ‘atal …

Arun Goel Election Commission Stint

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Arun Goel resigned as the Election Commissioner just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. New Delhi: Arun Goel stirred up a row yesterday when he abruptly resigned from the Election Commission just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. His exit has left the three-member Election Commission of India with only one office-bearer – Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. While he stated “personal reasons” in his resignation letter, sources have told NDTV that differences with the CEC could have prompted the exit. The sudden announcement has ignited a political firestorm, with the Congress asserting that Mr Goel’s departure is indicative of the government’s reluctance to ensure a “free and fair election.” But this is not the first time that Arun Goel has made the headlines. Arun Goel, a 1985-batch IAS officer, took voluntary retirement on November 18, 2022. Merely a day later, he assumed the role of Election Commissioner, a post which had been lying vacant for six months. At the time of his retirement from IAS, he was serving as the secretary in …

Congress’s Warning After Poll Body Official Quits

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Arun Goel abruptly resigned as the Election Commissioner. New Delhi: Election Commissioner Arun Goel’s resignation just days before the announcement of dates for the Lok Sabha polls has sent shockwaves within the political circles. While he stated “personal reasons” in his resignation letter, sources have told NDTV that differences with the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar could have prompted the exit. Congress, expressing “deep concern,” has sounded the alarm on what it perceives as a dangerous trend of systematic erosion of independent institutions, warning that if not halted, democracy could be supplanted by dictatorship. Questions are also being raised about whether the upcoming elections will be conducted fairly. In a post on X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Election Commission or Election OMISSION? India now has only one Election Commissioner, even as Lok Sabha elections are to be announced in a few days. Why? As I have said earlier, if we do not stop the systematic decimation of our independent institutions, our democracy shall be usurped by dictatorship.” The ECI will now be among the …

Election Commissioner Arun Goel Quits. What Happens Now

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Election Commissioner Arun Goel with Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar (File Phot) The three-member Election Commission, at the moment, has just one active member: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. Reason: the shock resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel on Saturday coupled with another vacancy (retirement of Anup Pandey in February). The resignation, which has been accepted by the President, comes weeks before the Lok Sabha elections. The Lok Sabha polls are to be held in April-May. The dates were expected to be announced sometime next week, sources had told NDTV. It is not clear what was the provocation behind Mr Goel’s shock resignation. Mr Goel, 61, had a tenure until 2027 and was in line to replace Rajiv Kumar as the Chief Election Commissioner after the latter’s retirement next year. Mr Goel, a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, had joined the Election Commission in November 2022. Sources have indicated there have been differences on various issues and it would be best for the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar to explain. Top officials said …

Election Commissioner Arun Goel Resigns Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls | Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | N18V

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Election Commissioner Arun Goel Resigns Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls | Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | N18VElection Commissioner Arun Goel tendered his resignation on Saturday, just days before the poll body is set to announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha Election 2024. With Goel’s resignation, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is now just a one-member body headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar. Goel’s departure comes as he had three years left in his tenure. Source link

‘Deeply concerning’: Oppn reacts to Arun Goel’s resignation ahead of LS polls | Latest News India

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Opposition parties on Saturday expressed concern over the surprise resignation of Arun Goel as election commissioner just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal and Ajay Maken during a press conference in New Delhi on February 22.(Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times) Goel’s resignation was accepted by President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday, the law ministry said in a gazette notification. With Goel’s resignation, the Election Commission is now headed only by the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and no election commissioners. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal described Goel’s resignation on the cusp of the Lok Sabha elections as deeply concerning. He alleged that there is absolutely no transparency in how a constitutional institution like the Election Commission has been functioning “It is deeply concerning for the health of the world’s largest democracy that Election Commissioner Mr. Arun Goel has resigned on the cusp of the Lok Sabha elections,” Venugopal wrote on X. “There is absolutely no transparency in how a constitutional …