Former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan passes away

Tirunellai Narayana Iyer (TN ) Seshan, former Chief Election Commissioner and the man responsible for escorting in electoral reforms passed away following a cardiac arrest. He was 87 years old and was not keeping good health for the past couple of years.

TN Seshan was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner and had served form December 12, 1990, till December 11, 1996.

He was popularly known for applying Model Code of Conduct. Seshan also conducted war against the tendency of politicians to go against the model code of conduct, which they were supposed to obey.

Polling was suspended in a Madhya Pradesh constituency as a serving governor campaigned for his son, ultimately leading to his resignation. In Uttar Pradesh, a minister was forced to quit the dais at a rally as the campaign period had just ended.

TN Seshan was a retired 1955 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu team. Seshan had earlier served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989.

He had also won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his services to the government in 1996.