Honoured to steer one of many best establishments gifted by Indian Constitution: CEC Rajiv Kumar

By IANS

NEW DELHI: After assuming the cost of twenty fifth Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar on Sunday mentioned that he was honoured to have been given the accountability to steer one of many best establishments gifted by the Indian Constitution – the establishment that reinforces our democracy.

He additional mentioned that rather a lot has been accomplished over the past 70 years by the Election Commission to provide our residents free and honest elections, to make sure purity of the electoral rolls, forestall malpractices and improve the standard of our elections.

“The Commission will follow the time-tested and democratic methods of consultations and consensus building in bringing about any major reforms responsible under the Constitution, ECI will not shy away from tough decisions”, he mentioned.

Kumar additionally mentioned that expertise will additional be made the main instrument for simplification of processes and practices for bringing about transparency and ease of voter providers for higher election administration and operations.

Kumar has been serving in ECI as Election Commissioner since September 1, 2020 and through his tenure as Election Commissioner, elections have been held for State Assemblies of Bihar in 2020, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal amidst Covid considerations in March-April 2021 and likewise elections to Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh just lately in early 2022.

Sushil Chandra relinquished his cost on May 14 after finishing his tenure as Chief Election Commissioner of India.