Smooth home Voting held on the first day

Ludhiana, May 27, 2024: The opening day of home voting concluded smoothly and hassle-free in the district. 
As many as 908 voters including 707 elderly (85 years and plus) and 201 Persons With Disability (PWD voters) had opted for the home voting. 

A total of 78 teams were entrusted for the task to complete the work in two-days. Today was the first day and the whole exercise will be over tomorrow, i.e. on Tuesday. 

District Election Officer (DEO) Sakshi Sawhney also personally visited the house of the oldest home voter Kartar Kaur Dosanjh (107) in Phase-II, Dugri and felicitated her for exercising her right to vote even at this age. Assistant Commissioner (UT) Kritika Goyal, ARO-1 Surinder Singh among other officials were also present on the spot.

DEO Sakshi Sawhney said that special polling parties were formed for conducting home voting which consisted of polling staff, police, micro observer etc. The entire process has been completed by adhering to the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

DEO Sawhney further stated that the initiative has been taken to make the elections more inclusive and allow the eligible voters to exercise their right to vote. It was delightful to see the elderly voters casting their votes at their respective houses. The administration is making all efforts to achieve the target of minimum 70 percent voter turnout during the general elections (Iss Baar, 70 Paar) and this will also add to voter turnout.

Meanwhile the elderly voters and their family members also expressed happiness and appreciated district administration for completing the home voting smoothly. 

Kartar Kaur Dosanjh's (107) son Harbhajan Singh Dosanjh stated that it is a good initiative by election commission and district administration as the elderly and PWD voters have been given a chance to cast their votes sitting at their homes.

Similarly, Granddaughter of Sushila Devi (103), Neena Jain said that it becomes difficult to take the elderly voters like Sushila Devi to the polling station. It is a good initiative as my grandmother was able to cast her vote at her home in a smooth and peaceful manner.

Raj Rani Arora, 87 of Rajguru Nagar who has been in bed for the last seven years also  fulfilled her duty and encouraged other voters to go for vote on June 1 to strengthen the democracy.