Ashok Lavasa resigns as Election Commissioner; to join ADB as vice president
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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Babulal Marandi, Champai Soren in BJP's list of Jharkhand candidates
New Delhi, Oct 19: The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 66 candidates for the Jharkhand assembly elections, fielding party president Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar and former chief minister Champai Soren from Saraikella.
The party named Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of JMM leader and Chief Minister Hemant Soren, as its nomine from Jamtara.
The list also has the names of Geeta Koda and former Union minister Sudarshan Bhagat.
The BJP is contesting on 68 of the 81 assembly seats in the state, leaving the rest for its allies.
The party is looking to topple the JMM-Congress alliance from power in the two-phase polls scheduled for November 13 and 20.
— BJP JHARKHAND (@BJP4Jharkhand) October 19, 2024
