Sukhbir Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar had been on Thursday named two new Election Commissioners, Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury introduced.
Days earlier than the anticipated announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, election Commissioner Arun Goel on February 9 resigned from his publish. His tenure was until December 5, 2027, and he would have change into Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) after incumbent Rajiv Kumar retired in February subsequent 12 months. According to a regulation ministry notification, Goel’s resignation has been accepted by President Droupadi Murmu with impact from Saturday.
Goel was a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre. He joined the Election Commission in November 2022.
