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Sukhbir Sandhu, Gyanesh Kumar elected as new election commissioner, claims Congress' Adhir Ranjan

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, on Thursday claimed that bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu were appointed as the election commissioners ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The government is yet to make an official announcement on the same.

He made the comments after a meeting of a three-member high-level selection board led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to select two election commissioners was held earlier today. Chowdhury is one of the three members of the panel appointed to pick the poll officers.

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Video: Vijay takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM amid loud cheers and chants

TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.