The State government has appointed Bhanwar Lal as Chief Electoral Officer, according to reliable sources.
Bhanwar Lal is a senior IAS officer and has served as the Principal Secretary, Government Of Labour, Employment, Training and Factories Department earlier.
The State government had named Additional CEO
Dakshina Murthy as interim Chief Electoral Officer on October 1st, after former Chief Electoral Officer
I V Subba Rao was posted as Additional Secretary in the Ministry Of Personnel at the Centre.
Bhanwar Lal has a difficult task at hand as Subba Rao had won laurels from various quarters for the way he discharged his duties, having successfully conducted simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and State assembly last year.
Courtesy: INN