ECI appoints new Deputy Election Commissioner amid hierarchy concerns

Prakash Rajpurohit fills the vacancy left by Sanjay Kumar’s premature repatriation, amid concerns raised by Election Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi over IT department files not being routed through himPrakash Rajpurohit, an IAS officer of the 2010 batch, has been appointed as a Deputy Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India (ECI), filling the vacancy caused by the premature repatriation of Sanjay Kumar, who was incharge of the Electoral Rolls and IT division.