Port Blair, March 28: In connection with the upcoming Lok Sabha Election 2024, an awareness program for maximum participation in Election was organized by the SVEEP team in the Lecture Hall of ANIIMS today under the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) activity.

Addressing the students, Shri Wairokpam Punshiba Singh, IAS, Nodal Officer for SVEEP informed that SVEEP is the flagship program of the Election Commission of India for voter education, spreading voter awareness and promoting voter literacy in India. It is a multi-intervention programme that reaches out through different modes and media to educate citizens, electors, and voters about the electoral process in order to increase their awareness and promote their informed participation.

He encouraged eligible voters to exercise their franchise in a big way during the forthcoming General Election-2024 to celebrate the right to vote. He motivated them to participate in the election process keeping aside their daily household tasks and vote for a healthy democracy on the Polling Day i.e. April 19, 2024, the day on which ANIPC going to polls in the first phase of the Lok Sabha Election-2024.

Shri Amar Kumar Singh through a Power Point Presentation covered topics such as 1950, cVigil, MCC, first time voters, details of voters.eci.gov.in, electoralsearch.eci.gov.in, YUVA (Youth Unite for Voter Awareness), Voter Helpline App. He also requested the students to check their namesin Voter List / Electoral Roll.