Ashok Lavasa headlines dissent on PM Modi complaint
New Delhi:
Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has been named vice president of the Asian Development Bank, the multilateral finance agency announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Lavasa, 62, will soon resign from his position at the polling station.
He was appointed in January 2018 and has two years left in his mandate. He is also expected to succeed the Chief Electoral Officer, Sunil Arora, to the highest office in April next year.
The government will now appoint a new CEC after the end of its mandate.
“Mr. Lavasa has a long and distinguished career in the Indian civil service. He is currently one of the election commissioners of India and has previously held various positions of responsibility,” said an ADB (Asian Bank of development).
#ADBNEWS: The AfDB has appointed Ashok Lavasa as Vice President of Private Sector Operations and Public-Private Partnerships. He will succeed Diwakar Gupta, whose mandate will end on August 31.
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– Asian Development Bank (@ADB_HQ) July 15, 2020
“He has extensive experience in public-private partnerships and infrastructure development at the state and federal levels, with in-depth knowledge of public policy and the role of the private sector,” added the bank,
Ashok Lavasa made the headlines last year after a dissenting opinion on the panel’s decision on complaints against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah during the Lok Sabha election campaign.
Six complaints have been filed against the Prime Minister. Mr. Lavasa disagreed with his panel colleagues in some of these cases.
He quickly stopped attending the meetings, stating that “the decisions of minorities” were “being suppressed in a manner contrary to well-established conventions observed by multi-member statutory bodies”.
In December of last year, Mr. Lavasa, in an article in the Indian Express, wrote: “Honest people, however, continue despite everything, perhaps driven by an inner force that borders on carelessness. A society which creates obstacles which exhaust or harm honest people. opens the way to its own perdition. “
It was two months after sending an income tax notice to his wife, the novel S Lavasa, about alleged discrepancies in deposits. Sources said information was sought “regarding currency”. Lavasa said she had “paid all taxes due” and “disclosed all income” and that she was cooperating.
Earlier, the Execution Department opened an investigation against Mr. Lavasa’s son, Abir Lavasa, and the company of which he is a director, for an alleged violation of exchange laws.
Ashok Lavasa holds a business degree from Australia and a degree in defense and strategic studies from the University of Madras.
With the contribution of PTI
