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  • Haryana gears up for voting day
  • State to rope in bands to play songs
  • First bandplay likely in Panchkula: CEO

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Haryana to rope in musical bands to encourage young voters

Speaking to PTI, Agarwal said that these bands will encourage people to cast their vote on the day of polling and also promote awareness and education regarding the election, adding that the first band play is likely to take place in Panchkula. 

Haryana to rope in musical bands to encourage young voters

Haryana will rope in musical bands to play election-theme songs for encouraging young voters to exercise their franchise, Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal said.

These bands will encourage people to cast their vote on the day of polling and also promote awareness and education regarding the election, Agarwal told PTI.

“Soon we will be doing the first band play, hopefully in Panchkula. The band will perform and election-theme music will be played," he said.

Later, these bands will be engaged districts having a higher percentage of young voters, he said.

Notably, 1,99,81,982 voters across the state are eligible to cast their votes when polling will be held on May 25 in 10 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state in the sixth phase of general elections.

The number of voters in the 18 to 19 age group is over 3.65 lakh while the voters aged between 20 to 29 years are over 39 lakh.

Agarwal said that this year, the Election Commission of India has made "Chunav ka Parv - Desh ka Garv" the slogan for Lok Sabha elections so that citizens participate enthusiastically in the elections.

He appealed to the youth across the state, including those who will vote for the first time, saying that when the youth engage with the electoral process, they will understand the power of democracy and the importance of their vote.

He said that the voter turnout in Haryana was recorded at 70 per cent in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However, this time our goal is to take it to at least 75 per cent, he said.

Notably, several unique initiatives have been undertaken by the state election department, including launching the 'Voters- in-Queue' app, sending polling invitations to voters akin to wedding invitations, and setting up 31 polling booths in the multi-storey societies of Gurugram.

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