March 14, 2024 | Author: News Desk
New Delhi, Mar 14: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led three-member committee on March 14 picked Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu as election commissioners, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told media after the meeting of the panel.
The decision comes days after the shock resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
The appointments are the first by the panel which was reconstituted in line with the new law governing the appointment of election commissioners.
The selection panel now includes the Prime Minister, the leader of the Opposition, and a designated Union Cabinet minister, leaving out the Chief Justice of India.
The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which was enacted in late December, supersedes a Supreme Court ruling on the appointment of ECs.
