Former chief election commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla passed away on Saturday, ex-CEC SY Quraishi said. He was 79.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“He passed away this morning at Apollo Hospital,” Quraishi said, adding that he was cheerful when they last met.<\/p>\n
Separately, an Election Commission functionary also confirmed Chawla’s demise.<\/p>\n
“Sad to know about passing on of Shri Navin Chawla, former Chief Election Commissioner of India. May his soul rest in peace,” Quraishi wrote on X.<\/p>\n
A former bureaucrat, Chawla was the election commissioner between 2005 and 2009, and then chief election commissioner from April 2009 to July 2010.<\/p>\n
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