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Harishankar Brahma appointed as Election Commissioner | | Former Union Power Secretary Harishankar Brahma has been appointed as the Election Commissioner in the Election
Commission of India. "The President is pleased to appoint Harishankar Brahma as
the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India with effect from
the date he assumes the Office," said a press release. Brahma, a 1975 batch IAS
officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, hails from Assam, and is the second person from
the North East after JM Lyngdoh, who had retired as Chief Election Commissioner
in 2004. The post of an Election Commissioner had fallen vacant after the elevation
of SY Quraishi as Chief Election Commissioner on July 30. Quraishi took over as
the 17th Chief Election Commissioner from Navin Chawla, who held the post for
one and a half years. |
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