A district level inter-college debate competition was organised on Thursday at Institute for Excellence in Higher Education (IEHE) College. The programme was held under the SVEEP awareness program of State Election Commission in collaboration with the NSS Unit and Political Science Department of the college.
As many as nine colleges of the city including MlB, Nutan, Hamidia, State law College, MVM, and more participated in this debate. The topic of the debate was ‘Mandatory voting is necessary for the success of democracy’.
Sanjay Singh Baghel, State Nodal Officer, Sandeep Shrivastav and Assistant Nodal Officer Ml Nath were present as the chief guest of the event. Director IEHE, Indira Barman, NSS Officer and Anita Deshpande were also present on the occasion. Among the judges panel Rajeev Agnihotri, Sumit Haldar and Rambhuvan Singh Kushwaha were present.
All the guests were welcomed with gifting a sapling. The first prize at the debate competition was won by IEHE, second prize was bagged by Nutan and third prize was won by MVM.
The opinions which were put forward by the participants filled the atmosphere with excitement. One participant said that voting is a responsibility which should be fulfilled by one's own wish because it is a very important part which helps a country to develop.
While another participant said that most of the educated people ignore their moral responsibility of voting and that is why it should be mandatory. This is the bitter truth of our society which is pushing us away from development.
Sanjay Singh Baghel said, “In the SVEEP awareness programme we decided to join the educated children of colleges who will further educate and enlighten the ones who need our guidance.” Sumit Haldar said that one should talk about the positive points too. If there are loopholes in anything, then only it has scope of development.