Voter Awareness Campaign by Swaichhik Manch

On 13 November, members NGO of Bokaro district Swaichhik Manch have organized a rally to sensitize voters to exercise their votes during assembly election scheduled in November/December for Jharkhand. The rally was started from the office of district commissioner in presence of Mr. Ravi Kumar (district public relation officer) who appreciated the move of NGOs to encourage democratic ethos and civil rights through mass contact. The rally has disseminated a strong message among people to vote judiciously and reached to Naya More, a public address place at Bokaro with banner and slogans. The NGOs have distributed informative handbills, caps and posters for awareness. They performed a street play also. After that, a meeting was convened over Voting as the Right to Exercise and various orators have expressed their views upon the theme. More than 300 strong supporters of civil rights and 27 NGOs linked with Zila Swaichhik Manch have participated in the program. Mr. Gautam Sagar, Mr. Vijay Kumar, Mrs. Arti Jaiswal, Mrs. Anwari Bano, Mrs. Suman Kumari, Dr. C A Kumar, Mr. P. Nayyar, Mr. Vikas Kumar, Mr. Aman Gorai, Mr. Basudeo Sharma, Dr. Shyam Kumar Bharti, Mr. Mahadeo Mahto and others have led Swaichhik Manch for the event. Mr. Bindeshwari Pandey has inspired the audience with folk songs to vote with responsibility. It’s significant that Swaichhik Manch is a collective of NGOs promoted by NBJK in Jharkhand and Bihar.