Achal Kumar Joti will take over as the head of the Election Commission on July 6.
Devajit Saikia has been working as the interim secretary of the BCCI since Jay Shah took over as the ICC chairman on December 1.
After Nasim Zaidi retired as Chief Election Commissioner in July, there was a vacancy in the poll panel.
The Opposition can only question us if we stop them from campaigning. The opportunities are equal for all, he said.
His tenure will end in December this year.
Om Prakash Rawat, a former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer who till recently was Secretary at the Centre, was on Thursday appointed as the new Election Commissioner.
Bihar will have five-phase assembly elections between October 12 and November 5 and counting of votes will take place on November 8.
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