
PM Modi, LoP Rahul Gandhi to meet on Feb 17 to name CEC Rajiv Kumar’s successor
The HinduWith Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar set to retire on February 18, a three-member selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet on February 17 to pick his successor. This would be the first time that a CEC is selected under the provisions of the new law — Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners Act, 2023. According to the Act, “a Search Committee headed by the Minister of Law and Justice and comprising two other members not below the rank of Secretary to the Government of India, shall prepare a panel of five persons for consideration of the Selection Committee, for appointment as the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners”. Interestingly, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear petitions challenging the legality of the new law on February 19, a day after Mr. Rajiv Kumar is scheduled to retire from office.
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