INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sunil Arora is the senior-most officer in the election commission
He will succeed OP Rawat, who demitted office on Saturday.The Election Commission will hold the 2019 general election under him
Besides the LokSabha elections, Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and
Sikkim 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.A 1980 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Mr Arora is the senior-most officer in the
He has worked in ministries and departments such as Finance, Textiles and Planning Commission.He also served as Joint Secretary in the
Ministry of Civil Aviation during 1999-2002 and CMD, Indian Airlines for five years (two years as additional charge and three years as full
charge).In Rajasthan, besides district postings in Dholpur, Alwar, Nagaur and Jodhpur, he was Secretary to the Chief Minister during
1993-1998 and Principal Secretary to CM (2005- 2008) and handled Information and Public Relations (IPR), Industries and Investment
Departments.A Chief Election Commissioner or an EC can have a tenure of six years or hold office till the age of 65 years, whichever is
The convention is to appoint the senior-most election commissioner as chief election commissioner.
