Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar has written to The Chief Election Commissioner of India demanding to replace Chief Electoral Officer-Goa IAS Kunal on completion of over 6 years in office.
“GPCC in Goa had raised the issue. about the functioning of Shri Kunal (IAS), the Chief Electoral Officer in the State. (Copies of complaint enclosed). The officer besides being the CEO is also holding a charge over some other Government Departments as Secretary,” said Chodankar.
He further said that it was regrettable that despite expressing serious reservations over the conduct of Kunal in the past, the ECI has failed to take any action to replace him from the position of CEO.
“It is an unfortunate situation wherein Shri Kunal, who is from the AGMUT Cadre, has been posted in Goa for the past 6 years, which is unheard of for officers from the Cadre. He has exhibited complete bias in favour of the Party in Power and has a prejudiced approach towards Congress,” he added.
Girish said that the party has lost confidence in his ability to work neutrally in the forthcoming general elections to the Goa Assembly.
“Kunal has held this statutory position for the last six years, which is against the laid down norms. Hence it is once again reiterated that further continuation of Kunal as CEO Goa will be a blot on the neutrality of the ECI, and as such, he may be replaced with an officer who will have unflinching loyalty to a duty of holding free and fair elections in the state,” he said.
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