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B.B.
Tandon assumes charge as Chief Election Commissioner
New
Delhi: B B Tandon has assumed charge as the country's
new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). I&B Secretary
Naveen Chawla has also taken charge as Election Commissioner.
Tandon,
along with another Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami,
has recently been under attack from senior bureaucrat
L V Saptarishi and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad who have
alleged casteism and bias on the part of the two commissioners
in the countermanding of Chhapra Lok Sabha polls last
year.
In
his short tenure of about a year, Tandon will be conducting
assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala
and Assam. He also said that he is keen on pushing through
electoral reforms, one of which will be accurate rolls
with photographs.
"My
priority would be clean and accurate electoral rolls with
photographs. Kerala and Pondicherry have completed the
electoral rolls with photographs," Tandon emmphasised.
Chawla
also took charge as the election commissioner to fill
the vacancy created by Tandon's elevation.
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Rajagopal
to steer Diageo India operations
Bangalore: Ravi Rajagopal replaces Amar Raj Singh
as the Managing Director at Diageo India Pvt Ltd, formerly
UDV, the domestic arm of the global drinks giant Diageo
Plc.
Rajagopal, who has been part of Diageo's international
system, assumes charge when the market for the international
spirits brands in the country is expanding faster with
Scotch whisky consumption pegged at 7-8 lakh cases annually,
posting between 10 and 12 per cent growth.
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