STUDENTS MADE AWARE ABOUT NEED & IMPORTANCE OF VOTING

· AWARENESS RALLY ORGANISED UNDER SVEEP ACTIVITIES AT PAU
Ludhiana, December 23, 2016: Under the SVEEP (SYSTEMATIC VOTER's EDUCATION & ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION) activities of the District Administration, an awareness rally was organised at Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU, here today. The main aim of this rally was to educate the youth in the age group of 18-19 years about the need and importance of voting, besides increasing the voting percentage.
More than 300 students participated in today’s rally, which passed through the residential areas of Punjab Agricultural University, where the students educated the masses about the importance and need of voting.
During today’s rally, the students made the youngsters aware to register themselves as voters and also urged them to cast their vote in the upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2017.
While addressing the students before the rally, Mrs Poonamdeep Kaur, Deputy Director Local Government cum Election Registration Officer, Ludhiana (West), said that India is the biggest democracy of the world, where people’s biggest strength is the right to vote. She said that with their right to vote, the people of India vote for the candidates of their choice. She appealed to the students that they should urge their parents and people around them to cast their vote in the interest of the country.
Mrs Ramneek Kaur and other staff members of Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU, were also present on the occasion.