Former bureaucrat Arun Goel on Monday assumed charge of his new responsibility as an Election Commissioner.<\/p>\n
The poll panel said Goel assumed charge this morning.<\/p>\n
A 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, Goel took voluntary retirement on November 18. He was on Saturday appointed as an Election Commissioner.<\/p>\n
He was to retire on December 31, 2022 after completing 60 years of age.<\/p>\n
He has joined Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey on the poll panel.<\/p>\n
There was a vacancy in the EC following the retirement of Sushil Chandra as CEC in May this year.<\/p>\n
Goel was, till recently, the heavy industries secretary. He has also served in the Union Culture ministry.<\/p>\n
His appointment comes days before Gujarat goes to two-phase polls on December one and five.<\/p>\n
The poll panel will have its full strength when it decides the election schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Karnataka in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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