In a first, railway staff use postal ballots

For the first time, three railway employees in Madurai Division cast their postal vote in Tirumangalam after the Election Commission of India extended the postal ballots to essential services employee

For the first time, three railway employees in Madurai Division cast their postal vote in Tirumangalam after the Election Commission of India extended the postal ballots to essential services employees. Two loco pilots – K. Suresh and Akbhar Ali – and a travelling ticket examiner, Manoharan, used the postal ballots to cast their votes. After getting a certificate from the Nodal Officer of Madurai Railway Division that the employees would be on duty on the day of polling (April 6), they were given postal ballots by Returning Officer Soundarya (Tirumangalam Assembly constituency).