Friday , November 15 2024

The appointment of election commissioners can be approved in the election committee meeting today under the leadership of PM Modi…

The Central Government is preparing to fill the vacant posts of Commissioners in the Election Commission. The meeting of the three-member high-level election board under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the election of election commissioners has now been fixed for March 14. Earlier, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary had said that the meeting will be held on March 15 at 6 pm, but now the meeting of the three-member selection committee under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Modi is going to be held today. ,

Election Commissioner Committee meeting

Election Commissioner Committee meeting

For the first time, not one, but two election commissioners are likely to be elected after Parliament approved a fixed convention for the process of selection and appointment of election commissioners. If this happens then it will also be a record because generally only one post will be vacant at a time and recruitment i.e. appointment will also be done one at a time. hee Will be on post. There is talk that the Election Board will discuss the selection of two election commissioners. It is expected that there will be no delay in the swearing in of both of them after the elections. It is possible that the election schedule may be announced on March 15 or 16.

According to sources, the names that have been discussed in the pool prepared for the Election Commission elections include senior bureaucrat Tarun Bajaj, former Chief Secretary of UP Durga Shankar Mishra, Vini Mahajan, former Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant Das. Apart from these, the name of former head of UIDAI scheme Rajesh Bhushan is also in discussion.