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New Delhi: Two former bureaucrats closely involved in preparing the framework for abrogation of Article 370 and firming up the controversial Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand, were chosen by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection panel Thursday to fill the two vacant posts of Election Commissioners...
While 1988 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer Gyanesh Kumar was closely involved with the preparations for abrogation of Article 370, former Uttarakhand chief secretary and another 1988 cadre IAS officer Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu is credited with the implementation of UCC in the hill state...
On Thursday evening, President Droupadi Murmu appointed Kumar and Sandhu as election commissioners with immediate effect...
He earns the trust of his superiors and he will never say something cant be done, a senior Kerala cadre IAS officer said.. Kumar retired as secretary, Union Ministry of Cooperation in January...
He was on deputation to the state, the officer quoted earlier said.. Prior to becoming the Uttarakhand chief secretary, Sandhu also served as the chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)...
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