Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday stated he respects former Election Commissioner Arun Goel’s choice to stop the ballot panel days forward of the Lok Sabha polls date announcement.
Whereas saying the dates for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, Rajiv Kumar stated, “Arun Goel was very distinguished team member, we must respect if he had personal reasons to quit.”
Arun Goel resigned as Election Commissioner on March 9. A former IAS officer from the Punjab cadre, Arun Goel’s tenure was to finish in 2027.
After Goel’s resignation, Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu have been appointed as election commissioners on March 14.
Gyanesh Kumar and Sandhu, each 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, belonged to the Kerala and Uttarakhand cadres, respectively.
On Saturday, the Election Fee introduced the schedule of the Lok Sabha elections. The polls shall be held from April 19 to June 1 in seven phases.
The voting for the primary section shall be held on April 19, second section on April 26, third section on Might 7, fourth section on Might 13, fifth section on Might 20, sixth section on Might 25, and the seventh section on June 1.