Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers Gyanesh Kumar and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu appointed as the new election commissioners in the Election Commission of India.

Appointment

Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers Gyanesh Kumar and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu appointed as the new election commissioners in the Election Commission of India. They were appointed election commissioners by the selection panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two vacancies were created in the Election Commission after the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey in February and the resignation of Arun Goel recently, days ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2024. Gyanesh Kumar is a 1988-batch IAS officer from the Kerala cadre. Kumar, has worked with Union Home Minister Amit Shah before. He retired as secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation, which comes under Amit Shah, on 31st January 2024. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu is also 1998 batch IAS officer but from Uttarakhand cadre. Sandhu has served as the chief secretary of Uttarakhand when Pushkar Singh Dhami became the Chief Minister in 2021.


     

     

     

 

     


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