CURATED BY – GAURAV SINHGAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, District Magistrate and District Election Officer Manish Bansal, in a program organized in Janmanch Auditorium on the occasion of the 15th National Voter's Day, felicitated the BLOs who did excellent work in the past elections and administered the voter oath to all present. District Magistrate Manish Bansal administered the voter oath to the people present that we, the citizens of India, having full faith in democracy, take this oath that we will maintain the dignity of the democratic traditions of our country and keeping the dignity of free, fair and peaceful elections intact, fearlessly, without being influenced by religion, class, caste, community, language or any other temptation, we will exercise our right to vote in all elections. Addressing the program, DM Manish Bansal said that we are all proud that our country is the largest democratic country in the world. Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India in different states and union territories of our country through the same process. He told all the school children present that when they turn 18, they should register their vote and vote themselves and also motivate everyone around them to vote. He said that voting is the only means to elect the government of your choice. It is necessary for every citizen to be aware of his rights. The use of voting rights gives you the right to elect public representatives and to complain, so definitely exercise your voting rights. He said that for a healthy democracy, everyone's participation in an elected government is necessary. Voting is the moral duty of everyone and every person should rise above caste, religion and sect and choose a person with a clean image. In democracy, vote thoughtfully without any greed, temptation or pressure while choosing your public representative. Sub-District Magistrate Sadar Ankur Verma and Sub-District Magistrate Nakur Mrs. Sangeeta Raghav gave information to the new voters about voter awareness and voting process through questions and answers along with rules for getting their vote, age limit, form, app.
Additional District Magistrate Administration Dr. Archana Dwivedi thanked everyone in the end. On this occasion, children of various schools gave captivating presentations of various cultural programs including patriotic songs, speeches, street plays, dances, which were based on voter awareness. On this occasion, Chief Development Officer Sumit Rajesh Mahajan, SP City Vyom Bindal, City Magistrate Gajendra Kumar, Chief Treasurer Suraj Kumar, District School Inspector Rekha, Program Coordinator Surendra Chauhan, Program Director Rakesh Sharma, Sudhir Joshi, senior officers of various departments, media friends and teachers and students of various schools were present.