On last day,Gopalaswami wishes luck to Chawla

If Gopalaswamis last three years as CEC was described as eventful,his last day at Nirvachan Sadan was also spent in completing myriad formalities. There was a Commission meeting to be attended; salary papers and other official documents to be finalised; and a number of books to be returned to the EC library.

Gopalaswami also hosted a lunch for a Bhutanese delegation at a star hotel while he was later given farewell dinner in another star hotel. There were numerous requests for group photo opportunities by Nirvachan Sadan employees through the day,with a group of journalists,too,insisting on a photograph with Gopalaswami. All this while,Chawla,Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi and deputy election commissioners R Balakrishnan,J P Prakash and Alok Shukla kept him company. While Chawla takes over as the CEC on Tuesday,V S Sampath will take over as new Election Commissioner.