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Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday claimed that a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed former IAS officer Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu as the new Election Commissioner...
The retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey in February and the abrupt resignation of Arun Goel last week opened up two crucial spots in the post of Election Commissioner...
"They (government) have the majority (in the committee that appoints election commissioner)..
Kumar and Sandhu will join Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on the commission, ahead of an jam-packed election season in the nation...
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