Indian Politics

Election commissioners question administrative file routing changes by senior official

Hindustan Times3h
THE BRIEF
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Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi wrote to the cabinet secretary regarding administrative actions by Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg.

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The letters claimed that removing the supervisory oversight layer of Deputy EC Sanjay Kumar over the IT Director General violated proper procedure.

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The Election Commission clarified that the letters concerned administrative workflows rather than policy matters, and oversight over the IT division was never withdrawn.