 "Election Commission of India, ECI, EC")
Om Prakash Rawat was today appointed the next chief election commissioner, the Union law ministry said today, a day before the present incumbent Achal Kumar Joti demits charge.
Former finance secretary Ashok Lavasa was also appointed as an election commissioner to fill up the vacancy that would have arisen in the three-member Election Commission after Joti's retirement tomorrow.
Sunil Arora is the other commissioner in the poll body.
Rawat will take over as the CEC on January 23, a law ministry notification said.
His tenure will end in December this year and Arora, the senior most
Former finance secretary Ashok Lavasa was also appointed as an election commissioner to fill up the vacancy that would have arisen in the three-member Election Commission after Joti's retirement tomorrow.
Sunil Arora is the other commissioner in the poll body.
Rawat will take over as the CEC on January 23, a law ministry notification said.
His tenure will end in December this year and Arora, the senior most
