Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: To commemorate the foundation day of the Election Commission of India and to enhance the participation of the voters, especially the youth, in the democratic electoral process, the ‘4th National Voters’ Day’ (NVD) was celebrated at a function organized by Chief Electoral Office J&K at Police auditorium here today.
Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey was the chief guest on the occasion. Chief Electoral Officer J&K Umang Narula, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Ajit Kumar Sahu and officers from State administration and Election Department besides various political party representatives, senior citizens and large number of young boys and girls participated in the event.
“Setting up of the Election Commission of India on January 25, 1950 was indeed a landmark chapter in the history of free India, a step which facilitated peaceful, orderly and democratic transfer of power through delivery of free, fair and credible elections to the people”, Chief Secretary said.
“The addition of over 3.5 lakh new voters who turned 18 during last year, to the list of registered voters reflects the success of ‘Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation’ SVEEP campaign” he said, adding that Jammu and Kashmir today has over 69 lakh total registered voters, who will be exercising their franchise, their right to vote in the upcoming elections to choose a Government.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Electoral officer, Jammu and Kashmir Umang Narula informed that as many as 3.5 lakh new voters have been enrolled to the voters list and now the state has over 69 lakh registered voters, following the recently concluded roll Revision exercise. He said that out of these 92 per cent of our voters have given their photographs and we will be providing new EPICs to all which will become standard card for a voter. He said that people can also visit our website www.ceojk.nic.in, with facility for online registration, online electoral Rolls, e-filling of claims for getting name added, to electoral rolls, deleted from electoral rolls and modifying the particulars of an elector.
Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Ajit Kumar Sahu on the occasion informed that in the coming days awareness programme “wake up Jammu” will be launched to encourage all young eligible boys and girls to get enrolled and participate in the election process.
On the occasion, young artists of Natrang presented very creative and skits highlighting the importance and power of each vote in democracy and how right use of vote can lead towards ensuring that best leaders are put in position of power and responsibility. The skits titled ‘Loktantr ka Mantr’ were written and Directed by eminent theatre Director Balwant Thakur.
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