As the tenure of Sunil Arora, the previous head of the Election Commission ends, Sushil Chandra is about to formally take over as the brand new Chief Election Commissioner from Today.
According to a press release issued by the Legislative Department of the Law Ministry, Chandra will assume cost on Tuesday, April 13. With this, Chandra would be the twenty fourth head of the nation’s ballot physique.
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President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Chandra because the chief of Election Commission in step with the conference to nominate the senior-most election commissioner because the CEC.
The Election Commission (EC) has three members and it has been a practice that the senior most commissioner is appointed because the Chief Election Commissioner. Chandra was appointed as an election commissioner on February 14, 2019, forward of the Lok Sabha elections. Along with Arora and Ashok Lavasa, Chandra oversaw the profitable organisation of 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Prior to his appointment as Election Commissioner of India, Chandra has served because the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex physique that appears after the implementation of direct taxes in India. Under his management, CBDT launched “Operation Clean Money” in 2017 in a bid to curb unlawful wealth and black cash.
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Born on 15 May 1957, Chandra pursued BTech, adopted by LLB Degree. Initially he was within the Indian Engineering Service however later joined Indian Revenue Service (IRS) the place he spent 38 years of his profession earlier than assuming cost as Election Commissioner of India.
Chandra would demit workplace on May 14, 2022. During his tenure, the ballot physique would conduct meeting polls in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
