Assembly Elections 2022: Despite deaths of kin, two poll employees prefer duties

Nawanshahr, February 21, 2022: A peon at Government Senior Secondary School, village Gobindpur, Mangat Ram (57) of local Bisla village lost his brother Sukhcharan (62) after suffering heart attack on Sunday at 2 pm. Instead of taking leave from the poll duty, Mangat Ram continued his work at Banga polling booth.
 
Ram was deputed at the booth to help the polling staff during voting process.
Mangat Ram said that he had decided to stay back as voting was going on in full swing at the booth when he received the call as he was the only person to help the polling party and if he had left the duty, election work would have suffered.
 
“I didn’t even tell members of polling party of my grief but somehow when my phone was continued ringing, they asked me about reason only then I revealed them about death of elder brother” said Ram and told that they sent him immediately to home. Later after attending funeral, Ram again joined the duty and remained there till the deposition of EVMs.
 
Another employee who set an example was Baljeet Singh; the sector officer who lost his sister on Sunday. Baljeet Singh was working as PTI in Government High School Jasso Majara and was performing poll duty in Banga. Banga SDM cum RO Navneet Kaur Bal said that both have set an example for others to prefer their duty than relations.
 
Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal saluted the dedication of Mangat Ram and Baljeet Singh and said that both of them have gone beyond their call of duty to ensure a smooth voting. 
 
He said that both of them have set an example and administration would remain indebted forever for their devotion to the poll duty.
 
Sarangal also thanked whole polling staff for ensuring smooth and hassle-free accomplishment of voting process on Sunday in the district.