Ashish Kundra replaces SB Shashank as CEO of Mizoram

Ashish Kundra has been appointed as the Chief Electoral Officer of Mizoroam.

Aizawl: AGMUT 1996 batch Ashish Kundra has been appointed as the Chief Electoral Officer of Mizoroam.

The order came after some civil society groups in Mizoram demanded Shashank's ouster over a row on allowing Bru voters lodged in Tripura relief camps to exercise their franchise from there.

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"The Election Commission of India in consultation with the Government of Mizoram hereby nominates Ashish Kundra as the chief electoral officer for the state of Mizoram with immediate effect," a notification issued by the EC said.

The EC had earlier asked the Mizoram government for a panel of names to replace Shashank.