Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat was on Sunday appointed as the next chief election commissioner succeeding A.K.Joti who retires on Monday, January 22, 2018 the Law Ministry said on Sunday.
The government also appointed former finance secretary Ashok Lawasa as an Election Commissioner.
The appointment of the Election Commissioner was made as a vacancy would have arisen in the three-member poll panel after the retirement of Mr. Joti
Sunil Arora is the other Election Commissioner.
