Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat was appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Sunday while former finance secretary Ashok Lawasa was made the election commissioner, according to a report in ANI.
#FLASH Om Prakash Rawat appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner with effect from 23 January pic.twitter.com/f4L3AXinWk
— ANI (@ANI) January 21, 2018
Rawat replaces Achal Kumar Joti who was appointed as CEC on 4 July, 2017, and is set to retire on Monday.
According to News 18, Rawat, who is set to take charge on Tuesday, is a 1977-batch IAS officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
He became a part of the Election Commission in August 2015.
The appointment of the election commissioner was made as a vacancy would have arisen in the three-member poll panel after the retirement of Joti on Monday.
Sunil Arora is the other election commissioner.
With inputs from PTI
Published Date: Jan 21, 2018 19:22 PM | Updated Date: Jan 21, 2018 19:28 PM
