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what was the reason to amend the constitution by the parliament in tn seshan : one of most popular chief election commissioners

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The reason to amend the constitution by the parliament in 1993 was to curtail the powers of TN Seshan who was then the Chief election commissioner and added two additional commissioners to share powers with the chief election commissioner.

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