Viral Message: The Viral message claims that Ex Chief Election Commissioner Sri. TN Seshan, the once nightmare of many political parties passed away. Yesterday 31.3.18 his wife smt Jayalakshmi passed away.

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Ex Chief Election Commissioner Sri. TN Seshan, the once nightmare of many political parties passed away. Yesterday 31.3.18 his wife smt Jayalakshmi passed away, A real divine couple. They had no children and since long they lived in an old aged home nr Chennai Details awaited.

नारदमुनि (@NaMuGC) April 1, 2018

Viral Message Verification:-  T N Seshan is one of the few people whom almost all of the Indians respect, however a death hoax news is going viral of this once quite famous personality. Anyway this are all rumors and he is still alive. However the sad news is his wife has died.

The rumor of the demise of former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan, who is said to be the face of election reforms in the country, started to quicly catch fire on the social media. Many people him tribute on Twitter and other social media. However, the correct news is that TN is alive but his wife Jayalakshmi has died. Jayalakshmi died on Saturday. After this many people tweeted and informed that he is completely right.  

1955 batch IAS officer TN Seshan was the Chief Election Commissioner of the country from 1990-96. He is credited with several reforms as the 10 Election Commissioners of the country. He had been living with his wife Jayalakshmi in an Old Age home in Chennai for the past few days. On December 15, both of them together with people living in Gurukulam's Old Age home celebrated  TN Seshan's 85th birthday.

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