A new museum to showcase the election history in India since the country's Independence was inaugurated on Tuesday by Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi (CEC).
The museum is situated on the premises of the Chief Electoral Office, Kashmere Gate. More than a hundred archived photographs, maps and references, describing the electoral journey of the country under the supervision, direction and control of the Election Commission of India was on display. The CEC was accompanied by Election Commissioners Achal Kumar Joti and Om Prakash Rawat.
According to the Election Commission, the museum was established to create a learning place to study India's electoral legacy. “It takes us down the memory lane of election process in the largest democracy of the world,” said a statement.