CEO Manipur observes 12th National Voters' Day

Imphal, Jan 25 (PMC)
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manipur  observed the 12th National Voters’ Day 2022 under the theme ‘Making Elections Inclusive, Accessible, and Participative’, today.
The National Voters’ Day, 2022 celebrated at City Convention Centre, Palace Compound was attended by Chief Secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar, Director General of Police P Doungel, Additional Chief Secretaries Letkhogin Haokip, Paulunthang Vaiphei and Vumlunmang Vualnam.
CEO, Manipur Rajesh Agrawal presided the observance.
At the observance, Dr Rajesh Kumar stressed on the importance of elections in a democracy.
It is the decision of the voters that will decide the fate of the State  for the next five years, he said and urged all to cast votes and select the right candidate.
The Chief Secretary also asked all to inform the election machinery if they come across any instances of malpractice, inducement or violation of model code of conduct.
To ensure a Covid free election, he further appealed to the voters to get themselves vaccinated.
On the progress of the election process of the country since its inception, he said that the electoral process of the country is inclusive, accessible and participative.
The entire election machinery has been unified to ensure the ensuing Assembly election is free, fair, peaceful and participative.
A photo exhibition on the SVEEP campaign was also opened during the observance.
Administration of National Voters' Day pledge, presentation of newly enrolled voters list, felicitation of SVEEP State icons, launching of video on ethical voting, PwD,  video screening on SVEEP campaigns and distribution of various awards were the highlights of the event.
DEO, Imphal West Th Kirankumar, DEO, Chandel  Mayanglambam Rajkumar and DEO, Churachandpur Pawan Yadav received the Star DEO Awards while Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) of 3-Khurai, 19-Patsoi, 26-Bishnupur, 30-Lilong, 34-Wangjing Tentha and 58-Churachandpur bagged the Star ERO award.
BLOs of 58-Churachandpur, 52-Tamei, 5-Thongju, 53-Tamenglong, 47-Karong and 9-Thangmeiband received the Star BLO award.
Winners of State level ballot battle quiz competition were also felicitated. The winners are Bishnupur District – Rajkumari Olivia Devi and Rajkumar Ishworchandra Singh of Loktak Christian Model High School, Moirang; Senapati District – Mashungam John Raikhan and Aiyush Katwal of Mt Everest Higher Secondary School and Imphal District – Md Arash Ahmed and Md Hibjur Rahaman of EK Higher Secondary School.
Additional CEO, N Praveen Singh, Joint CEO, Ramananda Nongmeikapam, Joint CEO, Md S Daulat Khan also attended the observance.