NEW DELHI: Retired IAS officer and former election commissioner Arun Goel has been appointed the following ambassador of India to Croatia. He’s anticipated to take up the project shortly, stated govt in an announcement.
Goel had created a sensation in March this 12 months by resigning as EC simply earlier than the announcement of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His tenure was until Dec 5, 2027, and would have change into chief election commissioner (CEC) after incumbent Rajiv Kumar’s retirement in Feb subsequent 12 months.
Congress had expressed deep concern over his resignation, saying that if the “systematic decimation” of unbiased establishments was not not stopped, democracy could be usurped by dictatorship.Goel, a retired bureaucrat, was a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre. He joined EC in Nov 2022. He by no means made public the rationale for his abrupt resignation.
His appointment as EC had additionally generated an issue with a PIL in Supreme Courtroom alleging the appointment was arbitrary and violative of institutional integrity and independence of the Election Fee Of India. He was appointed EC a day after he took voluntary retirement from service. tnn
Goel had created a sensation in March this 12 months by resigning as EC simply earlier than the announcement of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His tenure was until Dec 5, 2027, and would have change into chief election commissioner (CEC) after incumbent Rajiv Kumar’s retirement in Feb subsequent 12 months.
Congress had expressed deep concern over his resignation, saying that if the “systematic decimation” of unbiased establishments was not not stopped, democracy could be usurped by dictatorship.Goel, a retired bureaucrat, was a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre. He joined EC in Nov 2022. He by no means made public the rationale for his abrupt resignation.
His appointment as EC had additionally generated an issue with a PIL in Supreme Courtroom alleging the appointment was arbitrary and violative of institutional integrity and independence of the Election Fee Of India. He was appointed EC a day after he took voluntary retirement from service. tnn
