On the 4th National Voters’ Day, a district-level meeting was held in the office of the Sub-Collector at Chhatrapur on Sunday to sensitise the public to cast their valuable votes in the elections. The meeting, chaired by Sub-Collector Ashish Thakre, was inaugurated by Ganjam Collector Dr Krishan Kumar.
The theme of the meeting was “Optimal participation in electoral process and to strengthen democracy”. The Collector urged the voters, particularly the youths, to cast their votes to strengthen democracy.
While linking voting with the country’s development, he said the way the youths visualise development in their villages, districts, State and the country, cannot be achieved unless they participate in the democratic process and elect appropriate representatives.
The key aim of the meeting is to create awareness among the voters about their responsibility, said the Sub-Collector. Among others, the Additional Sub-Collector and BDO Sachindanand Nayak were present.
A similar meeting was also held at the Ganjam Collectorate. Collector Dr Kumar, ADM Sitanshu Kumar Rout, Deputy Collector Pramod Sahu, Deeptirani Mahapatra, Sabyasachi Hota, Mahendra Kumar Panda and DIPRO Biranchi Narayan Pradhan were present.
To celebrate the day, a seminar was also held at the Town Hall in Brahmapur presided over by Brahmapur Sub -Collector Bijay Kumar Das. Among others, Berhampur University Vice-Chancellor Prof Deepak Kumar Behera, BMC Mayor K Madhavi, MKCG Medical College Principal Prof Arun Kumar Dandapat, BMC Commissioner Dr Ajit Kumar Mishra and Khallikote (Autonomous) College Principal Prof Saritanjali Bahidar participated in the deliberations.
Earlier, an awareness rally had also been organised to sensitise the voters to exercise their franchise. All the participants took oath to exercise their franchise and faithfully perform their onus for the country without any fear or favour and above cast and religion.