Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns

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With the Lok Sabha elections 2024 fast approaching, Election Commissioner Arun Goel has resigned from his post, a government notification showed on Saturday, leaving Chief Election Commissioner alone in the saddle...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been a multi-member body since the 1990s and has conducted eight Lok Sabha elections in such a format...

However, the 2024 Lok Sabha case is different as Election Commissioner Anup Pandey retired well before the election cycle began (on February 15), leaving a vacancy in the poll panel...

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