Assam uses combs for voter literacy

Assam uses combs for voter literacy

The Hindu

The way to a prospective voter’s head is through the hair, the authorities in a western Assam district have found out. The Goalpara district administration has been distributing combs and other utilitarian items of daily use, such as sanitary pads, with SVEEP messages printed on them. SVEEP expands to Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation, the flagship programme of the Election Commission of India for promoting voter literacy in the country.
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