Gujarat Chief Secretary takes over as Election Commissioner
May 13, 2015  15:57
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Achal Kumar Jyoti, a former Chief Secretary of Gujarat, today took over as the new Election Commissioner, filling one of the two vacancies in the three-member body. "Jyoti took over his charge today at the Election Commission of India here," a senior official said. Jyoti is a 1975-batch IAS officer who retired as state Gujarat Chief Secretary in January 2013.


After V S Sampath demitted office in January, H S Brahma was elevated as CEC. But after Brahma demitted office, two posts of ECs in the three-member body have remained vacant.


Between April 19, when Nasim Zaidi took over as the CEC till today, he was the only member in the poll body. The government is soon expected to appoint one more Election Commissioner to fill up the last vacancy.
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