SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday called on the opposition to unite and raise its voice amid growing demands to sack Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Speaking to reporters in Anantnag, the former Union minister […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday arrived here on a three-day official visit to Jammu and Kashmir. During the visit, the CEC will undertake various programmes across the Valley, aimed at engaging with voters, electoral stakeholders and field-level election machinery besides reviewing electoral initiatives being carried out at the grassroots level, […]
NEW DELHI — Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law on the appointment of the members of the Election Commission (EC). His term will run till January 26, 2029, days before the […]