Election Commissioner Arun Goyal resigned

• On March 9, Election Commissioner Arun Goyal resigned.

• He resigned just days before the expected announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

• Mr Goyal's resignation was immediately officially accepted by President Draupadi Murmu.

• There was already one vacancy in the three-member Election Commission of India and now, only Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is left in the election panel.

• In November 2022, Mr. Goyal joined the Election Commission.