With an aim to teach children the process of election and its various aspects like EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) and polling station, parents took their children to polling booths on Saturday to witness the festival of democracy.
Puneet Bansal, a businessman from Model Town said "My children are too young to understand the importance of voting but I took them so that they could understand the overall process of voting".
People took their children to polling booths to educate them about the democratic system of the country. Many of parents were seen briefing them about importance of voting and the difference between Assembly and parliamentary election. Several children on Sunday while holding their parents hands, went inside the polling booth across the national Capital to share the joy and satisfy their curiosity about the electoral process.
The polling booths, decked up with balloons and banners of "festival of democracy", were a centre of attraction for the children. "My nine-year-old son is very curious about the election process. He was very excited and asked me many questions about the process. Although some of them were very tough to answer but still I tried to satisfy him," said Naina Awasthi, who works at private firm.
While children were keen to know about the functioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), parents said they wanted them to understand the nuances of the electoral system and get a feel of how the democratic process functions.
"I wanted to see the functioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to help me understand the nuances of the electoral system and get a feel of how the democratic process functions," said Ramesh Saukin, a 12 year child who accompanied his mother at polling station at Timarpur.
A few of the model polling stations also had separate kids' zones to entertain the kids as their parents went inside to cast their vote.