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Navin Chawla: Former CEC who enabled third gender to cast votes as ‘Other’

By , New Delhi
Former chief election commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla, who ushered in key reforms including enabling third gender voters to exercise their franchise in a new category of “Other”, died at 79
Navin Chawla’s tenure in the poll body had its own share of controversies, with the then CEC N Gopalaswami recommending to the government to remove Chawla as an election commissioner in early 2009 (HT PHOTO)
Navin Chawla’s tenure in the poll body had its own share of controversies, with the then CEC N Gopalaswami recommending to the government to remove Chawla as an election commissioner in early 2009 (HT PHOTO)

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