‘Discharging poll duty with integrity ensures successful election’
The Hindu
Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Divya Prabhu G.R.J. has said that elections could be successfully conducted only if all poll officials and personnel discharged their duties with integrity, transparency and dedication.
Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Divya Prabhu G.R.J. has said that elections could be successfully conducted only if all poll officials and personnel discharged their duties with integrity, transparency and dedication.
Speaking at the National Voters’ Day programme in Dharwad on Saturday, the Deputy Commissioner said that because of the dedicated poll officials and staff in the country, every election was being conducted successfully. Emphasising the significance of everyone exercising their franchise without fail, she called on everyone who had turned 17 to apply for voter registration so that on turning 18 they would be included in the voters’ list making them eligible to vote.
Ms. Prabhu said that with 99 crore voters, India was the largest and strongest democracy in the world and called on eligible voters to make use of the Voter Helpline App (mobile application) launched by the Election Commission to register their names.
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