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PM-led panel picks up two retired IAS officers as ECs

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March 15, 2024

RETIRED IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were on Thursday appointed election commissioners. Their names were cleared by a selection panel headed by PM Narendra Modi earlier in the day.

- MUKESH RANJAN 

PM-led panel picks up two retired IAS officers as ECs

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was a member of the selection committee, told reporters that six short-listed names came up and a majority of members picked Sandhu and Kumar. He, however, said that he gave a dissent note.

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