Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns

way2barak, March 10: Just before the announcement of the Lok Sabha poll schedule, Election Commissioner Arun Goel on March 9 resigned from his post. The sudden resignation comes at a time when the poll panel, led by chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, is travelling across states to review poll preparedness for the upcoming general election. The resignation has been accepted by President Droupadi Murmu with effect from Saturday.

Notably, the three-member commission is now left with only CEC Kumar. Election Commissioner Anup Pandey had retired in February.