THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, May 13: Excitement was seen among the first-time voters on the day of polling here in Daltonganj for the Palamu Lok Sabha seat.
More than 64,000 first-time voters got registered for the electoral rolls here in Palamu district.
At booth number 211 there stood a first-time voter Sweety Verma. She said she had nursed a desire to be the first among the voters in the queue to cast the first polling at this booth. She did it.
Sweety Verma said she comes from a middle-class family and she knows she and her parents are to struggle hard.
She became the proud first-time voter and also had the honour and privilege to become the first to cast a vote at polling station 211.
Sweety Verma said “I was delighted to see that women were ‘manning’ the booth. The woman officials were very sincere and dutiful.”
She said she liked the booth. It was neat and clean. There is a wide ramp with drinking water available added Sweety Verma.
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Sweety Verma told this correspondent “I appeal to our generation of boys and girls to exercise their fundamental right. It’s our prime responsibility to strengthen the fabric of the democracy.”
On being asked as to what was her issue of voting Sweety Verma said “Look, I am MA English. I did Honours in English. I am yet to get a good job commensurate with my educational qualifications. I feel bad. I do the writing. I work for a prestigious Hindi daily.”
Sweety Verma said, “I believe politicians and political parties must do something positive for the country. Politicians just sling mud on each other. This is no good. Let there be an atmosphere of positivism to develop India.”
Polling stations wore a festive look. There were colourful balloons. The circle officer Amardeep Walhotra and his team were found quite attentive to the job.
At booth number 205 Palamu Club voting started right at 7 dot. There were women from the presiding officer down to polling official number 4.
Here Amardeep Malhotra was supervising for the convenience of the voters. There came an 80-plus voter at this booth who was immediately offered a chair.
A middle-aged man was carted off in a wheelchair from the car to inside the booth. She cast her vote in all secrecy. End
