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Sunil Arora takes charge as CEC today
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Sunil Arora takes charge as CEC today

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 02 Dec 2018, 06:26 am

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IBNS): Sunil Arora, who was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India, took charge of the office on Sunday.

As the Chief Election Commissioner, Arora will monitor of the 2019 general election.

Besides the Lok Sabha elections, he will also oversee the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim that are scheduled to be held next year.

Born on Apr 13, 1956, Arora, 1980 batch IAS officer from Rajasthan cadre, superannuated on Apr 30, 2016 as Secretary, Information & Broadcasting, Government of India .

During 36 years of his long service, he held various crucial positions in State Govt. of Rajasthan and in the Central Government, read the government statement.

Prior to joining as Election Commissioner, Arora was serving as Director General (DG), M/o Corporate Affairs since 15th December, 2016 after his superannuation.

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