Summary:
The state election commission has appointed Negi as its brand ambassador for systematic voters' education and electoral participation (SVEEP) campaign.In his statement, Negi has said he has not given permission to any worker of any political party to use his photograph for any campaign. In other parts of the country, voting was held in January and February 1952. He also made it clear that he had never appealed to anyone to vote for any party. Shimla: The Election Commission has taken the cognizance into the matter of a party’s supporter using the name of the first voter of India, Shyam Saran Negi (102) from Kalpa, Kinnaur, for an online election campaign.Negi, on his part, has demanded action as per law. Post independence, when parliamentary elections were being held in the country for the first time, considering harsh winters and early snowfall, a decision was taken to hold voting in Kinnaur on October 25, 1951..