EC (Election Commissioner) Ashok Lavasa, who was expected to out run poll body by next year, tendered his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday, officials close to the former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer told HT.
ADB said in a press release issued on Wednesday i.e.12th August “Mr. Lavasa has a long and distinguished career in the Indian civil service. He is currently one of the Election Commissioners of India and previously served in a range of senior posts including as Union Finance Secretary of India; Union Secretary for the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change; and Union Secretary for the Ministry of Civil Aviation. He has extensive experience in public-private partnerships and infrastructure development at the state and federal levels, with deep knowledge of public policy and the role of the private sector.”
Lavasa was one of the important dissenters, when the poll body had to decide on whether or not to give a “clean chit” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah for speeches violating the model code conduct ahead of the last year’s Lok Sabha elections.
