President Droupadi Murmu has appointed retired IAS Arun Goel as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed retired IAS Arun Goel because the commissioner within the Election Commission with result from the date he assumes the workplace.

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed retired IAS Arun Goel because the commissioner within the Election Commission with result from the date he assumes the workplace. A geographical region cadre officer of the 1985 batch, Goel can be part of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey within the poll panel. Until recently, mister Goel was the significant industries secretary and has additionally served within the Union Culture ministry. He was to retire on December 31, 2022, however his voluntary retirement came into result on November eighteen.

Former Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra had retired in might this year, handing charge to Rajiv Kumar. The poll panel has been a two-member body since and had to handle many crucial problems together with the stress for disqualification of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The poll panel can have its full strength once it decides the election schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mysore within the coming back months.