5Photo© hindustantimes.comPM-led panel may meet on Monday to pick CEC
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A selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet in New Delhi on Monday to finalise the name of the next chief election commissioner (CEC), sources told news agency PTI on Friday.
The new CEC will oversee the conduct of the Bihar Assembly Elections and others, including Bengal and Tamil Nadu next year.
The panel will consist of PM Modi, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. The attendees will meet at the prime minister's official residence on Monday ahead of the retirement of incumbent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on February 18.