PM-chaired selection panel to meet on Feb 17 to name next CEC

New Delhi, 14/2: With Rajiv Kumar’s tenure as Chief Election Commissioner ending in days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee will meet here on Monday (February 17) to choose a new head for the poll body.

The high-level panel includes Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and would choose the new CEC from a panel of five names proposed by the Search Committee headed by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.

 

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