Gyanesh Kumar is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1988 batch of the Kerala cadre.
Kumar’s appointment comes at a time when the Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge to the new selection law.
The opposition Congress party has criticised the law, arguing that it gives the government too much control over the Election Commission, which should remain an independent body.
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