Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigned from his post on March 9, weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Goel’s resignation has been accepted by the President.
The Union Law Ministry said in a notification that the President had accepted Goel’s resignation. It was not immediately known that why he resigned.
A retired bureaucrat, was a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre. He had joined the Election Commission in November 2022. Following the retirement of Anup Pandey in February and Goel’s resignation, the three-member Election Commission panel has now only Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
This significant development has come just a week ahead of the expected announcement of Lok Sabha elections schedule.
pallavi shetty