Rajiva Sinha is the next Bengal SEC
After weeks of uncertainty, Rajiva Sinha’s name has been cleared by the Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose for the post of the next state election commissioner (SEC). This comes ahead of the panchayat elections.
Former chief secretary Sinha was the state government’s choice for the post but the governor was holding back the naming and had asked for alternative names. The government was hurrying because of the impending panchayat elections.
“The file sent by the state government regarding Sinha’s nomination as the SEC was cleared by the governor. So, Mr Sinha will be the next SEC,” a senior government official told PTI.
Sinha will succeed Sourav Kumar Das whose term ended on May 27.
