In order to make the electorate aware of voting, a massive human chain has been organised at Bijapur district headquarters on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
Students of various schools in Raipur too formed a human chain amid heavy rain to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In insurgency-hit Bijapur school students, along with public and employees, by making a human chain from collectorate to community cultural hall ground, gave the massage to the electorate to use their voting rights in the elections. The rally was led by Bijapur district collector Mohammad Kaisar Abdul Haq, superintendent of police Prashant Agrawal, joint collector Nahata, SDM Birendra Bahadur Panchbhai, deputy collector Verma and assistant commissioner KR Parsthe.
At the conclusion of the programme, collector Mohammad Kaisar Abdul Haq told the gathering that better participation was needed for a strong democracy. He said that those who have attained the age of 18 should register their name in voter list and asked the students to encourage their parents, relatives and other members of the family to participate in the voting.
Pledge letter has been distributed to the students that they should fill up and submit them to the school. The collector said that the election commission of India, under the SVEEP, to increase the voting percentage, had instructed to make more and more people aware of voting. And in this connection the day of Gandhi Jayanti was selected for this purpose, he added.
Superintendent of police Prashant Agrawal said that in democracy, the government of India had ensured arrangement in the constitution for all to cast their vote. All the electorate, who have attained the age of 18 years, should vote and make the government of their choice, he added. The programme was started by garlanding the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and lalbahadur Shastri and lighting the lamp.