The rural folk especially women once again demonstrated the power of democracy when they turned out in unexpected numbers in Raipur lok Sabha constituency to exercise their franchise on Thursday.
Similar to the Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh which saw streams of women lining up to vote in front of polling centres, the trend was repeated in the lok Sabha polls when women turned out the most in the first hour of voting when they have the maximum household task in a typical village home during the morning hours.
long queues of women were witnessed at polling centres at Datrenga, Kathadeeh, Sejbahar, Tikarapara, Santoshi Nagar, Kandul and many other villages in the vicinity rural Raipur since early morning hours .
Most rural women who were queried on the burning issues of today at polling centres indicated the price rise factor affecting them the most.
A quick turnout trend during the morning hours in some rural Raipur polling centres till 12 pm had Navapara Paragaon registering (33 per cent) , Paragaon (43 per cent), Devpuri (19 per cent), Gatapar (Abhanpur) (36.76 per cent), Manikchauri (43 per cent) and at Torala 36 per cent vote with women voter turnout dominating the queues.