The 14th National Voters’ Day (NVD) will be celebrated across the country including Tripura on January 25.
The theme of this year’s National Voters’ Day is “Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure”.
At the national function being organized in New Delhi by the Election Commission of India President of India Droupadi Murmu will be the Chief Guest. Union Minister of State for Law and Justice (Independent Charge), Arjun Ram Meghwal will grace the function as Guest of Honour. The event will also be attended by Heads and representatives of Election Management bodies viz. Maldives, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan.
In Tripura, the state-level event will be held at the Rabindra Satabarshiki Hall at 11 am on Thursday (Jan 25).
The chief guest at the state-level event will be Chief Secretary J.K. Sinha. Other guests will include State Election Commissioner Sharadindu Chowdhury, renowned gymnast Dipa Karmakar, national-level differently-abled swimmer Samir Borman, and third gender icon of the state Nupur Chakraborty. State Chief Electoral Officer Puneet Agarwal will also be present. At the event, the guests will hand over voter ID cards to new voters.
Since 2011, National Voters’ Day has been celebrated on January 25 every year, across the country to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission of India, i.e. 25th January 1950. The main purpose of the NVD celebration is to create electoral awareness amongst citizens and encourage them to participate in the electoral process. Dedicated to the voters of the country, the National Voters’ Day is also used to facilitate enrolment of voters, especially the newly eligible young voters. New voters are felicitated and handed over their Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) in the NVD functions held across the country.
NVD is celebrated at the national, state, district, constituency and polling booth levels, which makes it one of the largest celebrations in the country.