State-level voters’ day to be observed virtually

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 22

This time, the 11th state-level Voters’ Day will be observed virtually at the Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh, on January 25.

Haryana Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan will be the chief guest on this occasion, while the programme will be chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Rajeev Arora.

All Deputy Commissioners and other officers of the state will also attend the programme virtually from their respective districts.

Giving information about this, Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal said Voters’ Day would be observed from the district level to the polling station level in which voters would be made aware of their constitutional rights. He said in compliance with the guidelines by the Election Commission of India during Covid-19, special brief revision of photo-electoral rolls was conducted twice in the state.

Agarwal said 5,02,030 new voters were added in the state during the revision of the voter’s list on the basis of eligibility on January 1, 2021, which now has a total of 1,88,08,322 voters.

Of these, 1,00,44,531 are men and 87,63,791 are women voters. He also said to make voters aware, the Election Commission will conduct seminars on the topic ‘Sabhi Matdatta Banne Sashakt, Satark, Surakshit Aur Jagruk’ (Let all voters be strong, alert, safe and aware).