Voter holds central place in election exercise: Roy

Navhind Times | 4 months ago | 26-01-2022 | 01:57 am

Panaji : Collector Ajit Roy, IAS on Tuesday said that in the election exercise a voter occupies a central place.“I request everyone to go back in history andsee why 25th January was chosen as National Voters’ Day; you will realise that the concept of Republic voters comes firstso before the Republic you have to have the voters’ day. In the election exercise, a voter occupies a central place,” he said.The 12th national Voters Day was celebrated by the office of District Election Officer, North Goa at Institute Menezes Braganza in Panaji.Collector and DEO (North) Ajit Roy was the chief guest for the function. Additional Collector – I Gopal Parsekar,Additional Collector – II Mamu Hage IAS and Nodal Officer for SVEEP Dr. Gervasio F.L. Mendes were also present on the occasion.Speaking on upcoming election management, Roy said the preparation at polling stations is done keeping voters in focal point and provisions have been made for basic facilities like water, light, walking ramp for those voters who may need assistance in accessing polling stations.The polling stations will be fully sanitised and have sanitisers, masks, etc., available, he said, urging the people to motivate everybody to follow the COVID-appropriate behaviour.The function began with lighting of the traditional lamp which was followed by a welcome address by Dr. Gervasio F.L. Mendes.Roy felicitated Madhu Gupta, a transgender who has encouraged other transgenders to leave a life with dignity; Dr. Geeta Kakokdar for her contribution to get done the voters ID, ration card and Aadhaar card for commercial sex workers and transgenders and Rajeshree Khandeparkar for making seed balls, plants sampling and distributing them to NGOs and other social organisations. Election officials from various constituencies from North Goa were also felicitated on the occasion.Award for best Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) was given to Sneha Gitte IAS,Tivim constituency; while the award for best Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) was given to Krishna Gawas, Tivim Constituency. Award for best Booth Level Officer (BLO) went to Krishna Kankonkar.The three initiatives undertaken by the office of District Election Officer, North Goafor voter awareness are: a thoughtfully designed mask which has a QR code on it to communicate grievances; second initiative is the WhatsApp stickers which publiccan use to promote voter awareness and the third one is the song composed by Urvashi Naik, Balchandra Chopdekar and the students of Government College Sanquelim keeping in mind the right to vote concept.

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