Conducting free and fair elections very important task in India, the largest democracy in the world: Sanjeev Kaushal
SGT Times Reporter
Chandigarh, January 25
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal said that conducting free, transparent, and fair elections in India, the world’s largest democracy, is a very important task.
The Election Commission of India along with the machinery of the entire country plays an important role. National Voters’ Day is celebrated on January 25, in the country on the foundation day of the Election Commission of India.
Kaushal while speaking at the 12th State level function of National Voters’ Day organized at Haryana Niwas in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
“Since 2011 we are celebrating National Voters’ Day. On this day different programmes are organized in every district of the state. It is a matter of great happiness that 1.92 crore voters have been registered in Haryana who have received their electoral photo identity cards,” said Kaushal.
He said that the youth should get themselves enrolled as soon as they are 18 years old. Along with this, they should also ensure to get their names registered in the voter lists as well. On the day of voting, each one of you should cast your vote wisely, asserted Kaushal.
The Chief Secretary said that the Election Commission of India is continuously conducting fair and transparent elections in the country. Similarly, two by-elections were held in Haryana in the past.
“We should actively participate in the elections and elect the people’s representatives by impartially casting our votes,” added Kaushal.
On this occasion, he also administered the oath to all the youth and virtually connected officers present in the programme to exercise their voting right in a free and fair manner and without taking any inducement, while maintaining the dignity of democratic traditions.
12 winners who took part in the voting-related competition rewarded
In the state-level function, Chief Secretary also awarded 12 students who won in three categories of various competitions organized regarding voting awareness.
The Chief Secretary also gave voter ID cards to five first-time voters, whose name was included in the voter list for the first time.
The list of winners of the essay competition held at the college level includes Yogita from Government Women’s College, Ambala City was given a cash reward of Rs. 5000, while cash reward of Rs. 2000 each was given to Shalu, from Government Women’s College, sector-14, Gurugram, Divya Chaturvedi, from Gurugram University and Himanshu a student of IB college. These students were also given certificates.
Similarly, in the essay competition held at the school level, the winner of TIT Senior Secondary School, Bhiwani’s Chinki was awarded a cash reward of Rs. 5,000, GSSS Prem Nagar, Ambala’s Chirag Sharma got Rs. 4000, TIT Senior Secondary School, Bhiwani’s Rakesh Kashyap got Rs.1000 and GSSS Bijalpur, Fatehabad was given a reward of Rs. 1,000 and a certificate.
In college-level speech competition, a cash reward of Rs. 8000 was awarded to Diksha Verma, student of Government Women’s College, Sector-14, Gurugram, while Divya Dutt, student of Vaish College, Rothak was awarded a cash reward of Rs.6000, Nitish Kumar of Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Karnal and Reena Chaudhary of Agrawal College, Ballabhgarh, Faridabad were also given cash rewards of Rs. 2500 each. These students were also given certificates.
The Chief Secretary also gave voter ID cards to five first-time voters, whose name was included in the voter list for the first time.
The Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal said that the Election Commission of India is an integral part of Indian democracy.
The Election Commission conducts fair elections. Elections are held all over India with complete transparency and a large number of voters show the power of their vote. National Voters’ Day is celebrated across the country on the foundation day of the Election Commission of India.
The Election Commission’s only slogan on this day is to make elections inclusive, accessible and participatory.
Agarwal congratulated five first-time voters who got voter ID cards from the Chief Secretary and the winners of different competitions. Hema Sharma, the Additional Chief Electoral Officer thanked all the guests.
During this, all the Deputy Commissioners, Election Tehsildars, Naib Tehsildars and all the officers related to the election machinery joined the programme virtually.
