New Delhi: The Union government appointed Anup Chandra Pandey, a retired IAS officer of the 1984 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre, as Election Commissioner.
Pandey has been appointed to the position left vacant by former Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora’s retirement on April 12.
This restores the three-member commission to its full strength, which will now oversee the next set of crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand next year.
The appointment of Pandey, a 1984 batch retired officer of the UP cadre, as the new Election Commissioner comes months ahead of the next round of assembly elections. Incidentally, among the five states that will go to poll in January 2022 , is also UP where Pandey has spent the bulk of his career.
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