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Navin Chawla takes over as CEC

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Navin Chawla, CEC
 
New Delhi, Apr 21: Navin Chawla on Tuesday, Apr 21 took over the office of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) following the retirement of N Gopalaswami on Monday, Apr 20.
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This is the first time a Chief Election Commissioner has stepped down while the polling was in process. Navin Chawla will be overseeing the remaining four phases of the Lok Sabha polls. And he will hold the post till Jul 29, 2010.

V S Sampath who is presently the Power Secretary of the Election Commission will take over the role of Election Commissioner filling in the former post of Chawla.

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Topics: navin chawla, n gopalaswami, vs sampath, cec, eci, new delhi, lok sabha polls 2009
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vinay kumar srivastava 07 May 2009 07:14 pm
Name missing initially, but CEC Chawla finally votes May 7th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS - New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) After some confusion about which polling booth he was listed in, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla Thursday voted in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. Chawla along ... we are not CEC thats why could not vote From: Vision VKS Date: May 7, 2009 6:45 PM Subject: KINDLY IGNORE PREVIOUS MAIL AND CONSIDER ,VOTER RGHT ROBBED BY ELECTION OFFICE OF INDIA To: presidentofindia@rb.nic.in Cc: press@dailyindia.com, "DCGRG@HRY.NIC.IN" O7/05/09 TO THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF INDIA NEW DELHI SUBJECT : BLUNDER MISTAKE OCCURRED IN YOUR OFFICE ,MURDER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN DAY LIGHT. DEAR SIR, ITS MATTER OF INSULT TO INDIAN VOTER WHO IS CARRYING VALID VOTER ID CARD GIVEN BY ELECTION OFFICE AND SAME WAS RECOGNISED IN THE PAST FOR CASTING THE VOTE ,BUT THIS TIME SAME VOTER IS STOPPED FOR VOTING AS NAME WAS MISSING IN VOTER LIST. IT SHOWS A TOTAL FAILURE OF YOUR OFFICE AND WHY NOT SOME ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN BY HONORABLE SUPREME COURT. ONE MP CAN LAST HIS FULL TERM FOR THE SAKE OF ONE VOTE ,EVEN YOU ARE ENCOURAGING THE MALL FUNCTIONING OF SUCH MISTAKES BY NOT ALLOWING ONE COMMUNITY OF VOTERS. WE HAVE AS A CITIZEN OF INDIA HAVE FULL RIGHT TO COUNTER SUCH DEPARTMENTS AND ALL SUCH CONCERN PERSONS IRRESPECTIVE OF THE LEVEL. THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY IN THE SYSTEM MISTAKES IN VOTER ID CARD ALSO IN FOLLOWING MANNERS. -PHOTO OF SOMEBODY ELSE NAME ONLY MATCHES, RESIDENT ADDRESS WRONG WIFE'S HUSBAND NAME CHANGE. I HAVE MY VALID VOTER ID CARD NO LNY 1522440 right vinay kumar srivastava written in voter id card viney kumar srivastav address right I=34 F.F south city -2,in voter id 1/34 south city TIKRI GURGAON , With this we voted three times in same polling station .And our name was also in voter list.bUT THIS TIME i COULD
vinay kumar srivastava 07 May 2009 07:12 pm
Name missing initially, but CEC Chawla finally votes May 7th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS - New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) After some confusion about which polling booth he was listed in, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla Thursday voted in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. Chawla along ... we are not CEC thats why could not vote From: Vision VKS Date: May 7, 2009 6:45 PM Subject: KINDLY IGNORE PREVIOUS MAIL AND CONSIDER ,VOTER RGHT ROBBED BY ELECTION OFFICE OF INDIA To: presidentofindia@rb.nic.in Cc: press@dailyindia.com, "DCGRG@HRY.NIC.IN" O7/05/09 TO THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF INDIA NEW DELHI SUBJECT : BLUNDER MISTAKE OCCURRED IN YOUR OFFICE ,MURDER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN DAY LIGHT. DEAR SIR, ITS MATTER OF INSULT TO INDIAN VOTER WHO IS CARRYING VALID VOTER ID CARD GIVEN BY ELECTION OFFICE AND SAME WAS RECOGNISED IN THE PAST FOR CASTING THE VOTE ,BUT THIS TIME SAME VOTER IS STOPPED FOR VOTING AS NAME WAS MISSING IN VOTER LIST. IT SHOWS A TOTAL FAILURE OF YOUR OFFICE AND WHY NOT SOME ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN BY HONORABLE SUPREME COURT. ONE MP CAN LAST HIS FULL TERM FOR THE SAKE OF ONE VOTE ,EVEN YOU ARE ENCOURAGING THE MALL FUNCTIONING OF SUCH MISTAKES BY NOT ALLOWING ONE COMMUNITY OF VOTERS. WE HAVE AS A CITIZEN OF INDIA HAVE FULL RIGHT TO COUNTER SUCH DEPARTMENTS AND ALL SUCH CONCERN PERSONS IRRESPECTIVE OF THE LEVEL. THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY IN THE SYSTEM MISTAKES IN VOTER ID CARD ALSO IN FOLLOWING MANNERS. -PHOTO OF SOMEBODY ELSE NAME ONLY MATCHES, RESIDENT ADDRESS WRONG WIFE'S HUSBAND NAME CHANGE. I HAVE MY VALID VOTER ID CARD NO LNY 1522440 right vinay kumar srivastava written in voter id card viney kumar srivastav address right I=34 F.F south city -2,in voter id 1/34 south city TIKRI GURGAON , With this we voted three times in same polling station .And our name was also in voter list.bUT THIS TIME i C
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