Kerala probe into Election Commissioner's 2006 road project continues
Kerala minister PK Basheer said a vigilance probe against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is still going on. It concerns a 2006 road project. He said a preliminary enquiry was ordered because of certain discrepancies in an earlier probe by the state's Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau.
ContextContext: The Chief Election Commissioner heads the Election Commission, which runs national and state elections and manages voter rolls. Vigilance bodies in Indian states look into alleged misconduct by officials, and such cases often become part of wider debates about the independence of election officials.
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