New Delhi, Mar 14: Following a meeting of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led three-member committee on March 14, Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu were appointed as election commissioners, as confirmed by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to the media.
These appointments come shortly after the surprising resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, preceding the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
These appointments mark the first selections made by the panel, which was reconstituted in accordance with the new law governing the appointment of election commissioners.
Under the reconstituted panel, the selection committee now comprises the Prime Minister, the leader of the Opposition, and a designated Union Cabinet minister, omitting the Chief Justice of India.
The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service, and Term of Office) Act, 2023, enacted in late December, supersedes a Supreme Court ruling on the appointment of ECs.
