SHIMLA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar along with Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Nitesh Kumar Vyas and other members of ECI visited the residence of late Shyam Saran Negi at Kalpa in district Kinnaur today to condole the demise of the first voter of Independent India who passed away in the wee hours today.
The CEC met the bereaved family members and expressed his grief over the sad demise of Shri Negi.
Negi breathed his last today in Kinnaur. He was 106 years old. He had cast his postal ballot vote and became India's fist voter to cast his vote over 30 times.
He also offered floral tributes saying that Shri Negi had deep belief in democracy and always insisted the generations to exercise their voting rights for a strong governance.
He said that the true tribute to the departed soul would be to follow his appeals and the people of Himachal Pradesh should come out to vote in large number.
He said Shri Negi will always be remembered for his contribution as an Election Icon and a motivator.
His commitment for voting could be seen that even before his demise, he opted to vote through postal ballot as he was not feeling well for quite some time.
