CEC Gyanesh Kumar: The new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dnyanesh Kumar has taken over on Wednesday (February 19, 2025). He has taken this post in place of Rajiv Kumar. He will remain in this position for the next 4 years. Along with this, there are many types of challenges in front of him, in which it is prominent to gain the trust of the opposition. At the same time, Election Commissioner Vivek Joshi has also taken over his post.
After taking over, he said that the first step for nation building is voting. Therefore, every citizen of India, who has completed the age of 18 years, should become a voter and always vote. According to the Constitution, election laws, rules and instructions issued in India, India’s Election Commission was with voters, and will always be.
Committee headed by PM Modi decided
Monday (February 17, 2025) Late night, the Central Government appointed Gyanesh Kumar as the new Chief Election Commissioner, a few hours after the meeting of the Prime Minister. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were appointed to the post of Election Commissioner.
Hearing in Supreme Court regarding appointments
These appointments have been made at a time when the Supreme Court is going to hear the petitions challenging the appointments of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners under the 2023 law on 19 February. Gyanesh Kumar will oversee the elections to be held in the last of this year and the elections to be held in West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu next year.