New Chief Election Commissioner | Who Is Gyanesh Kumar, New Chief Election Commissioner

Gyanesh Kumar | Election Commission Of India | Gyanesh Kumar - named as an Election Commissioner in March last year - has been appointed the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar. Mr Kumar will oversee the conduct of the Bihar Assembly election later this year and the polls in Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu next year. Mr Kumar, a 1988-batch IAS officer from Kerala cadre, is the senior of the two commissioners on the three-member panel that was led by Rajiv Kumar till he demitted office this morning. The other commissioner on the panel is Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, an officer from the Uttarakhand cadre. Watch the video for more Details.