Governor Draupadi Murmu on National Voters Day emphasized on creating awareness among people and to educate the young generation to use their universal adult franchise right to elect a suitable representative while strengthening the power of democracy.
The Governor was addressing a function here at Aryabhatta Auditorium on Wednesday.
“This is a matter of immense pleasure that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken the initiative to organize a nationwide programme to educate people on National Voters Day. A major step of enrolling all the young voters in the electoral list is the core agenda of this programme. For public convenience and under the National Electoral Roll Purification Programme (NERP), the numbers of polling stations have been increased to sort out various grievances related to voter IDs. Youths must come forward and utilize their power of right to vote for advancement of society,” said the Governor.
With the theme ‘empowering young and future voters’, several innovative programmes at district level are being conducted to target maximum populace and to cover several people from different sects irrespective of their caste, creed and gender.
From interactive sessions at educational institutions to roping in eminent personalities for encouraging people to vote, the State government is doing its best covering all districts to strengthen the essence of democracy.
State Chief Electoral Officer l Khiangte issued the revised voter list recently. As per the revised list, approximately 2.5 lakh new voters have been added this year. According to the new electoral list, around one-lakh voters falling in the age group 18-19 years have been registered. The EP ratio in 2016 was 56.86 per cent whereas showing growth in 2017, the EP ratio was recorded 57.46 per cent this year.
RU VC Dr. RK Pandey, on this occasion, assured that the varsity will utilize its campus and will rope in NSS volunteers and teachers to sensitize young brigades by organizing youth parliaments and other such related programmes occasionally.
The Governor felicitated Ranchi DC, Manoj Kumar along with other officials and staffs from across the State for their outstanding work in increasing the voter’s ratio and rectifying other electoral mistakes.
Meanwhile, to mark the occasion of National Voters Day, members and officials of Jharkhand State legal Services Authority (JHAlSA) on the premises of the Nyaya Sadan administered oath to the officers, staffs and the persons present on the premises. All personnel during the programme insisted to uphold the democratic traditions of India and to cast vote in every election fearlessly and without being influenced by considerations of religion, race, caste, community, language or any inducement. Arun Kumar Rai, Member Secretary, JHAlSA, Santosh Kumar, Secretary, HClSC, Ranchi and Satyakam Priyadarshi, Deputy Secretary, JHAlSA were present on the occasion.