Namchi, 25th January 2024: The 14th National Voters’ Day was successfully conducted in Namchi DAC Conference Room by the Namchi District Election Cell today, under the theme ‘Nothing like voting, I vote for sure.’

The distinguished guest panel included Anand Jain (IAS), Additional District Collector; Pulkit (IAS), Assistant Collector; Saran D Kalikotey, SDM (hq); Satyan K Pradhan, SDM Namchi; Mingma D Lepcha (artist), a special guest, and PWD voter icons Saran Pradhan and Arjun Darjee of Namchi. Representatives from Sikkim Alpine University, BJP, and SDF parties, along with enthusiastic students, also actively participated.

The event commenced with participants taking a pledge led by ADC Namchi, followed by a video message from Chief Electoral Commissioner, EC GOI.

Epic cards were distributed to new voters, and eight Booth Level Officers (BLOs) of Namchi District were felicitated, acknowledged as integral members of the election cell.

PWD Icons congratulated new voters, emphasizing the significance of voting in their address to the masses. Mingma D Lepcha stressed the responsible use of voting rights as a crucial value in a democratic and republican nation.

ADC Namchi congratulated new voters, revealing that elections might occur in March or April, concurrently for general and assembly elections this year.

Namchi district, with an estimated 1 lakh 10 thousand voters, spans 7 constituencies. The election cell introduced new activities like home voting, similar to postal voting for those over 80 and PWD voters, monitored with stringent voting protocols. A Cyclethone on 4th February is part of the electoral campaign.

To familiarize new voters with EVMs, the district election committee set up two demonstration machines, EDC and MDC.