New Delhi:

In a shock transfer weeks earlier than the Lok Sabha polls, Election Commissioner Arun Goel has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by the President. The Election Commission of India already had a emptiness and can now be left solely with Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. 

Sources had informed NDTV earlier on Saturday that the Lok Sabha election dates are prone to be introduced subsequent week, and Mr Goel’s resignation has now put a query mark on that timeline. 

Mr Goel, a 1985-batch IAS officer had taken voluntary retirement on November 18, 2022, and was appointed Election Commissioner a day later. His appointment had been challenged within the Supreme Court, which had requested the federal government what the “tearing hurry” was. 

“Minister of Law picks up four names from the list of names shortlisted… The file was put up on November 18; moves the same day. Even PM recommends the name on the same day. We don’t want any confrontation, but was this done in any haste? What’s the tearing hurry,” the courtroom had requested.