Haryana will perform in musical bands to play election-theme songs for motivating young voters to exercise their franchise, said Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal.
Agarwal said, ‘These bands will encourage people to cast their vote on the day of polling and also create awareness and education about the election’. He added, ‘Soon we will be doing the first band play, hopefully in Panchkula. The band will perform and election-theme music will be played’.
‘These bands will be engaged districts having a higher percentage of young voters’ said Anurag Agarwal. Notably, 1,99,81,982 voters across the state are eligible to cast their votes when polling will be held on May 25 in ten Lok Sabha constituencies of the state in the sixth phase of general elections.
The number of voters in the 18 to 19 age group is over 3.65 lakh while the voter aged between 20 to 29 years are over 39 lakh. Agarwal said that this year, the Election Commission of India has made ‘Chunav Ka Parv- Desh Ka Garv’ the slogan for Lok Sabha elections so that citizens participate enthusiastically in the elections.
He appealed to the youth across the state, including those who will vote for the first time, saying that when the youth engage with the electoral process, they will understand the power of democracy and the importance of their vote.
He said that the voter turnout in Haryana was recorded at 70% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However, this time our goal is to take it to at least 75%.
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