Maharashtra polls: Restaurants, multiplexes, retailers to offer discounts for voters in Mumbai
The Hindu
Get up to 20% discounts at select Mumbai shops, restaurants, and multiplexes by showing your inked finger.
Voters will get up to 20% discounts in select shops, restaurants and multiplexes in Mumbai after showing the inked finger, Election Commission officials announced here on Friday (November 9, 2024).
Assembly elections will be held in Maharashtra on November 20.
The initiative, aimed at encouraging voting, was being undertaken after holding discussions with associations of traders, multiplex owners and restaurant owners, said an official.
The poll body on Friday (November 9, 2024) launched ‘Utsav Nivadnukicha, Abhiman Maharashtracha’, (Festival of Elections, Maharashtra’s Pride), a voting awareness campaign which aims to increase voter turnout.
The event at the Gateway of India was attended by officials of the Election Commission, Mumbai Police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation besides celebrities including actor Varsha Usgaonkar, Mohan Joshi, Rohit Shetty and cricketer Ajinkya Rahane.
India Post also released a special cancellation at the function which will be in operation till November 20.
Farogh Mukadam, nodal election officer for Mumbai, said the discount initiative was the brainchild of Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, the district election officer for Mumbai city and the Mumbai suburban district.
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