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Former CEC - MS Gill
October 21 , 2023
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- Former chief election commissioner Manohar Singh Gill passed away recently.
- He retired as the Chief Election Commissioner of India, a position he held from 1996 to 2001.
- It was during his tenure as CEC that the Election Commission introduced Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
- After his retirement, he joined the Indian National Congress and represented Punjab in the Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2016, marking two successful terms as MP.
- He is perhaps the first former CEC to have joined politics.
- During this period, he held portfolios of Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
- Gill was awarded the Padma Vibhushan for his contribution as the chief election commissioner and the ‘Nishan-e-Khalsa’ on the 300th anniversary of the Khalsa Panth.
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