Anup Chandra Pandey, a retired IAS official, was appointed Election Commissioner on Wednesday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Mr. Pandey, an Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer from the 1984 batch, completes the three-member commission with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. In 2019, he stepped down as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
The State successfully organised the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj and Paravasi Bhartiya at Varnasi Diwas in 2019 under his administrative supervision as Chief Secretary, according to the statement. Mr. Pandey formerly worked at the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
In the polling panel, there was a vacancy. On April 12, Sunil Arora resigned as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). Rajiv Kumar is the other election commissioner, while Sushil Chandra is the CEC. Rajiv Kumar is the other election commissioner, while Sushil Chandra is the CEC.The next Lok Sabha elections are expected to take held in March 2024. Kumar may be in charge of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Pandey, who was born on February 15, 1959, has held a number of important roles, including that of Uttar Pradesh’s chief secretary.
On June 28, 2018, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chose an IAS officer from the 1984 batch to lead the state bureaucracy. When Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur, and Uttarakhand go to polls early next year, the election panel will be made up of all three members. SY Quraishi, India’s former Chief Election Commissioner, congratulated Pandey on Twitter. “Congratulations on your appointment as India’s Election Commissioner, Anup Chandra PANDEY. I wish you luck in your new position. May you uphold the nation’s faith in you “he stated
