Om Prakash Rawat appointed new chief election commissioner

New Delhi, Jan. 21 (PTI): Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat was on Sunday appointed the next chief election commissioner succeeding AK Joti who retires on Monday, the law ministry said. The government also appointed former Finance Secretary Ashok Lawasa an election commissioner. The appointment of the election commissioner was made as a vacancy would have arisen in the three-member poll panel after the retirement of Joti on Monday. Sunil Arora is the other election commissioner.