Hari Shankar Brahma has been appointed as India’s19th
Chief Election Commissioner. He replaced V S Sampath.
Addressing newsmen after assuming charge at
Nirvachan Sadan, he said his priority and "mission objective" is to
ensure free and fair conduct of Delhi Assembly polls.
He added that long-term goal at the Election
Commission is to deliver excellence. On National Voters' Day on January 25, the
EC will launch nationwide Electronic Roll Management System (ERMS), which will
provide country-wide voters' list and enable the electorate to see their
details.
He said the Commission will prepare the ground work
for extending voting rights to NRI voters following Supreme Court directions.
The government will
now set in motion the process to appoint an Election Commissioner to fill a
vacancy in the three-member body
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