Ashok Lavasa resigns as Election Commissioner
18 Aug 2020 6:45 PM GMT
New Delhi: Ashok Lavasa on Tuesday resigned as Election Commissioner and would soon be joining the Asian Development Bank as vice-president, sources in the poll panel said.
Lavasa was next in line to head the EC.
Lavasa, the sources said, has sent his resignation to Rashtrapati Bhavan and has requested to be relieved on August 31.
He would be joining the Philippines-based ADB sometime in September, they added.
He was named the bank's vice-president last month.
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