Sunil Arora today took charge as the Chief Election Commissioner of India . He succeeded OP Rawat who retired 
today. Arora was appointed as election commissioner in September 2017.
He will have a nearly two-and-a-half-year tenure as Chief Election Commissioner with 2019 General Elections to be conducted under his stewardship.
Sunil Arora has served in several key positions as a bureaucrat, including as information and broadcasting secretary, secretary in the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship and chairman and managing director of Indian Airlines.
Talking to media, CEC Arora said that conducting free and fair elections is his priority and his team would make its best efforts in this direction.
