All-Out Efforts To Enhance Women Participation In Lok Sabha Polls

Hailakandi: The Hailakandi district administration is making concerted and relentless efforts to enhance the turnout of women voters in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the three Assembly segments of the district that fall under HP 1 Karimganj SC constituency on April 18.

Spearheading the campaign, District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner, Keerthi Jalli has been visiting different parts of the district to appeal to the women voters to come out and vote to leave behind their household chores for a while to assert their democratic right. Jalli toured remote and far flung areas of the district falling under South Hailakandi development block to urge the women voters to make their presence felt in a big way on the polling day.

Coinciding with the festival of colours, Holi, DC Jalli played Holi with the married Bengali women voters and distributed shakha (bangles) to them. She went from door to door appealing to them to vote.

To woo women voters and to inculcate hygiene on the menstrual cycle, the administration distributed sanitary pads free of cost. Believing in women power, the administration organized sporting events in which young girls and sportswomen demonstrated their sporting prowess and also took the pledge to persuade their parents, relatives, family and friends to come out on polling day. “We have always believed in women power and pushing the message further are our own district’s young sports girls and sportswomen who have come together to join us in taking an oath in promising to get their parents, relatives, family, and friends to come and vote for Hailakandi on April 18. We are proud of each and every one of these girls. May they reach more heights of success” said Jalli. Saas-Bahu Sanmelan, Aideur Chora and Chandraprabha are being organized to sensitize women voters to increase their participation. For the convenience of women voters, the administration has set up six women polling stations, two each in the three LACs. Of the 4,82,744 voters, the total number of women voters is 2,28,760.

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