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PM-led panel may meet on Monday to pick CEC
Hindustan Times Noida
|February 15, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi are expected to meet on February 17 as part of the three-member selection panel to pick the successor for chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
NEW DELHI:
The panel, which also comprises Union home minister Amit Shah, will meet at the Prime Minister's official residence ahead of the retirement of incumbent CEC Rajiv Kumar on February 18.
The panel will recommend a name from among the candidates shortlisted by a search committee. The President will then appoint the next CEC based on the recommendation.
After Rajiv Kumar, Gyanesh Kumar is the senior-most election commissioner.
His tenure is till January 26, 2029. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu is the other election commissioner.
This story is from the February 15, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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