Gyanesh Kumar Appointed As New Chief Election Commissioner
Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 18 (Maxim News): Gyanesh Kumar has been appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner. He is the first CEC to be appointed under the new law on the appointment of the members of the Election Commission (EC). His term will run till January 26, 2029, days before the EC is expected to announce the schedule of the next Lok Sabha election. Vivek Joshi, a 1989 batch Haryana-cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been appointed as an Election Commissioner.
During his tenure as the 26th CEC, Kumar will oversee the Bihar Assembly polls later this year, and the Kerala and Puducherry Assembly polls in 2026. Similarly, he will oversee the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, which are also due in 2026. Kumar, who played a key role in implementing decisions following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir during his stint in the Union Home Ministry, took charge as an Election Commission on March 15, 2024.
His appointment came hours after the Congress asked the government to defer its decision on the new CEC till the Supreme Court concludes its hearing on a petition challenging the composition of the selection panel. The Congress’s demand was put forth by Rahul Gandhi during a meeting of the selection panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said. The meeting took place in the South Block office of the Prime Minister. Besides Modi and Gandhi, Home Minister Amit Shah is the third member of the selection panel. (Maxim News)
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