Former CEC Navin Chawla passes away at 79
The Hindu
Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla passed away at 79, confirmed by former CEC S.Y. Quraishi.
“Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla passed away on Saturday (February 1, 2025),” former CEC S.Y. Quraishi said. Navin Chawla was 79.
Mr. Quraishi told PTI that he met Chawla some 10 days back when the latter had informed that he was getting admitted to hospital for a brain surgery. "He passed away this morning at Apollo Hospital," Mr. Quraishi said, adding that he was cheerful when they last met.
Separately, an Election Commission functionary also confirmed Chawla’s demise. “Sad to know about passing on of Shri Navin Chawla, former Chief Election Commissioner of India. May his soul rest in peace,” Mr. Quraishi wrote on X.
A former bureaucrat, Chawla was the Election Commissioner between 2005 and 2009 and Chief Election Commissioner from April 2009 to July 2010.
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