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All About Gyanesh Kumar, New Chief Election Commissioner

All About Gyanesh Kumar, New Chief Election Commissioner

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New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar – named as an Election Commissioner in March last year – has been appointed the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar. Mr Kumar will oversee the conduct of the Bihar Assembly election later this year and the polls in Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu next year. Mr Kumar, a 1988-batch IAS officer from Kerala cadre, is the senior of the two commissioners on the three-member panel that was led by Rajiv Kumar till he demitted office this morning. The other commissioner on the panel is Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, an officer from the Uttarakhand cadre. The opposition Congress – represented on the selection panel by Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha – objected to what it has said is a rush to name the new CEC. READ | “Can’t Operate In Ego”: Congress On New Poll Body Chief Selection The party has pointed out the Supreme Court will this week hear a challenge to the 2023 law governing the selection of the CEC, …

Gyanesh Kumar appointed next chief election commissioner | Latest News India

Gyanesh Kumar appointed next chief election commissioner | Latest News India

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Feb 17, 2025 11:48 PM IST A selection committee headed by PM Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi picked his name. Gyanesh Kumar has been named as the new chief election commissioner, Union law ministry announced on Monday. He will replace Rajiv Kumar, who will demit office on Tuesday after attaining the age of 65. Gyanesh Kumar has been named as the new chief election commissioner.(ECI/X) Chief election commissioners have a tenure of six years or until they turn 65, whichever is earlier. Kumar became the first CEC to be appointed under new law on appointment of election commissioners. Gyanesh Kumar’s name was picked by a selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The committee met earlier this evening at the Prime Minister’s Office in South Block. It recommended the name from among the candidates shortlisted by a search committee. Earlier today, Congress suggested that the government adjourn the meeting to …

Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Sandhu appointed as election commissioners: Govt notification | Latest News India

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The government on Thursday notified the appointment of ex-bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as election commissioners, hours after prime minister Narendra Modi-led high-powered committee sat down to fill the two vacancies in the Election Commission of India (ECI), which, prior to the new appointments, only had Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar. New Delhi, March 14 (ANI): Former bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar (left) and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were appointed as the Election Commissioners, in New Delhi on Thursday. “The President is pleased to appoint Shri Gyanesh Kumar, IAS (Retd.) and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, IAS (Retd.) as Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India with effect from the date they assume charge of their office,” the Ministry of Law and Justice said in a notification, a screenshot of which was shared by news agency PTI. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. The appointments were necessitated due to the sudden resignation of Arun Goel from the ECI; Goel stepped down on March 9. At the time of his resignation, …