Arun Goel appointed as Election Commissioner

Retired bureaucrat Arun Goel has been appointed as an Election Commissioner ahead of the crucial assembly election in Gujarat. A Punjab cadre officer of the 1985 batch, Mr Goel will join Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the poll panel.

Former Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra retired in May this year, handing charge to Rajiv Kumar. The poll panel has been a two-member body since and had to handle several crucial issues including the demands for the disqualification of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.