Sunil Arora, Takes Charge As CEC

Sunil Arora, who was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind, has taken charge today. He succeeds OP Rawat, who demitted office on Saturday.
As the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr Arora will oversee the 2019 general election. Besides the LokSabha elections, he will also be responsible for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim that are scheduled to be held next year.

Mr Arora, 62, had been the Information and Broadcasting Secretary, and Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.