New Delhi. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajeev Kumar lamented that voters in cities avoid coming to polling stations on election days, while people in Jammu and Kashmir and Naxal-hit areas turn out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. Come out. He gave credit to about 1.5 crore polling personnel for smoothly conducting elections in the country. Polling station officials were honored with ‘NDTV’s ‘Indian of the Year’ award on Friday.
On this occasion, Kumar said that the voting percentage was very high in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Naxal affected areas, but “people do not vote in cities.” He said that despite the efforts of the Election Commission, Bengaluru in Karnataka and Haryana In Gurugram, voters did not come to the polling stations in large numbers. He said that Colaba in Mumbai, Maharashtra had the lowest turnout in the recently held assembly elections.
The Election Commission has been raising the issue of low turnout in urban centres. In the past, it has been observed that urban voters tend to go out on weekends with polling day being a holiday. Kumar said, “But I am sure that in the times to come, urban apathy and apathy of the youth will also be taken care of.” He said that the Indian voter is very mature and the issues in the country cannot be solved by “bullets”. , but will continue to happen through “ballot”.
