Flaunt your finger with indelible ink and enjoy money-off on your purchase for two days.
The Bokaro district administration is all set to go for peaceful and fearless polls with record turn out of voters. Taking initiative to encourage people to come in large number to vote, shopping malls, shops and business establishments in district will give special discounts to the voters who show indelible ink mark on their finger after casting their vote; discount will continue till two days.
Before voting each voter gets marked with an indelible dot of a silver nitrate solution on his left forefinger to guard against voter’s fraud. During this assembly election, this mark can earn discounts at Restaurants, Sweets Shops, Cinema Halls, departmental stores, hospitals and clinics after voting.
In a bid to lure the voters, Bokaro deputy commissioner-cum returning officer Uma Shankar Singh convened a meeting with owners of hotels, malls, food chains and cinema halls across the constituency to give possible discounts to the customers on purchase, who have voted. The Bokaro district compromises four assembly constituencies Gomia (34), Bermo will go for polls on 9 December while (35), Bokaro (36) and Chandankiyari (37) will go for polls on 14 December. Around 12.5 lakh voters can cast votes at 1477 polling booths across the districts.
About 12,47,820 voters, around 67 thousands Male and 57 thousand Female includes Gomia — 2,53,663, Bermo —2,85,723, Bokaro — 4,91,632 and Chandankiyari has 2,16,802 voters ready to decide the fate of the contestants, who are in poll fray.
“We hope that this initiative will increase the voters’ participation during the assembly poll”, said Sanjay Singh DDC Bokaro.
A voter can get discounts while shopping on 9 and 14 December by showing left finger marked with indelible ink, said Ravi Kumar DPRO Bokaro. “The discount rates vary from 10 to 15 percent depending upon the vendors,” he added.
In Bokaro Hotel Blue Diamond, Hans Regency, Hill Top, Mansarover, Zinzer, Shan-E-Punjab, Kozy Sweets, NatKhat Sweets, Mac Ronalds, Krishna Nursing Homes, Nav Jeevan Hospital, JMD Neurology, K M Memorial Hospital, Muskan Hospital, Shiv Shakti Hospital, New Human Care Center including others are offering discount on December 9 and 14 to people with an ink-marked finger, said Kumar.