Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:10pm on 09 Mar 2024,Saturday India
Opposition parties voiced alarm following the abrupt resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel just before the Lok Sabha polls. President Droupadi Murmu accepted Goel's resignation, leaving the Election Commission with only Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. Congress's KC Venugopal criticized the lack of transparency in the Election Commission's functioning, citing Goel's departure as troubling for democracy. Trinamool MP Saket Gokhale raised concerns over the Modi government's new law allowing PM Modi to appoint Election Commissioners with a majority vote. Goel, a 1985 batch IAS officer, was slated to become the next chief election commissioner.
