New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday said it has appointed two additional secretaries working in central ministries as observers for the September 9 vice presidential election.
The poll authority said Sushil Kumar Lohani, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and D Anandan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, have been appointed as observers.
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Nitin Kumar Shivdas Khade, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Land Resources, has been placed on the reserve list.
NDA pick C P Radhakrishnan is pitted against opposition candidate B Sudarshan Reddy.
The EC said it used its constitutional powers to appoint the two observers.
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