The subsequent Lok Sabha polls might be introduced someday in March 2024, which might be held beneath Kumar’s watch
Former Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey was appointed as an election commissioner on Tuesday.
The legislative division within the legislation ministry introduced that President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Pandey, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1984 batch, as an election commissioner with impact from the date he assumes workplace.
The IAS officer was handpicked by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath to go the state paperwork on 28 June, 2018. He retired in August 2019.
There was a emptiness within the ballot panel after Sunil Arora demitted workplace because the chief election commissioner (CEC) on 12 April. Whereas Sushil Chandra is the CEC, Rajiv Kumar is the opposite election commissioner.
The 62-year-old will demit workplace in February 2024 on attaining the age of 65 years, in line with the age standards guiding the election commissioners.
The subsequent Lok Sabha polls might be introduced someday in March 2024, which might be held beneath Kumar’s watch. The ballot panel could have its full power of three members when Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand go to polls early subsequent 12 months.
Born on 15 February, 1959, Pandey has held a number of key positions, together with that of the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh beneath Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and likewise because the Infrastructure and Industrial Improvement Commissioner of the state. He has a BTech diploma in mechanical engineering, an MBA diploma and a doctorate in historic historical past, in line with The Indian Categorical.