The Madhya Pradesh government, on the directive of the Election Commission of India (ECI), today appointed V L Kantha Rao as the chief electoral officer (CEO) of the state.
Rao, a 1992-batch IAS officer, replaced Salina Singh.
Assembly elections are due in the state by year-end.
The ECI had asked for a panel of three officers for the post, and picked Kantha Rao from the panel, a state public relations department official said.
