President appoints Sushil Chandra as Chief Election Commissioner of India

New Delhi,  April 12

President  Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Sushil Chandra, the senior-most Election Commissioner, as the Chief Election Commissioner of India.

Mr Chandra will assume the charge tomorrow. He will succeed Sunil Arora who demitted office today.

Before his appointment to the Election Commission, he was the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes CB