An Election Commissioner since March 2024, Kumar was elevated as the CEC on Monday. Gyanesh Kumar replaced Rajiv Kumar, who demitted office on Tuesday, as head of the poll panel.

Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under the new law and his term would run till January 26, 2029, days before the EC is ...

Tejashwi Yadav criticizes the newly appointed CEC, accusing the EC of bias towards the BJP and eroding public trust. He ...

Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has slammed the Centre over the appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the new CEC ...

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that it was disrespectful and discourteous for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah “to have made a ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has criticized the government's decision to appoint Gyanesh Kumar as the new Chief Election ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said it is “disrespectful” and “discourteous” for the Prime Minister and Home ...

The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that the midnight appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was “discourteous and ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said it is "disrespectful" and "discourteous" for the prime minister and home ...