New Deputy Election Commissioner appointed in ECI amid concerns over work hierarchy
Prakash Rajpurohit has been named the new Deputy Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India, succeeding Sanjay Kumar who left the post prematurely. The appointment follows concerns voiced by Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi that IT department documents were bypassing the deputy’s oversight, prompting a review of the commission’s internal workflow and procedural compliance.