EC tweaks work order for IT chief Seema Khanna, official says oversight intact
The Election Commission of India has clarified that there is no change in the supervisory hierarchy for IT director general Seema Khanna. This follows internal controversy regarding reporting structures and oversight of electoral roll software.
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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday said there is no change in the supervisory authority to which its director general of information technology Seema Khanna reports.The clarification came a day after the panel issued a fresh work allocation placing Khanna under the charge of deputy election commissioner Prakash Raj Purohit instead of senior deputy EC Manish Garg.A controversy had erupted after Garg issued an order on July 28 asking Khanna to report directly to the Election Commission, comprising Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and SS Sandhu.Garg had issued the order after deputy EC Sanjay Kumar, to whom Khanna had been reporting, was transferred to the Delhi government.
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