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Ashok Lavasa resigns as Election Commissioner; to join ADB as vice president
PTI
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Ashok Lavasa was next in line to head the EC. Credit: PTI File Photo
Ashok Lavasa was next in line to head the EC. Credit: PTI File Photo

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.

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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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(Published 18 August 2020, 18:25 IST)