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Dehradun, July 03 (HS). Governor Lieutenant General Gurmeet Singh (Retd.) released the book “Uttarakhand Lok Sabha Elections-2024” of the Election Department Uttarakhand at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. This book includes innovative efforts and information made by the Election Department to increase the voting percentage in the Lok Sabha elections. Along with this, glimpses of special efforts made by the election officers of the districts are also included in this book.
On this occasion, the Governor praised the book and said that it is an excellent example of documentation. This is the first time such an initiative has been taken. The activities adopted in the election process have been recorded and documented. He said that this book should be sent to other states as well. Along with this, a copy of it should also be sent to the Election Commission.
The Governor congratulated the Chief Electoral Officer and his entire team for conducting fair and transparent elections. He said that despite the difficult geographical conditions here, people ensured their participation in the voting process and the State Election Department played a big role in that.
The book has been edited by State Nodal Officer Documentation Dr. Anand Bhardwaj, Co-Nodal Dr. M.S. Sajwan and Co-Nodal Garima Mishra.
On this occasion, Chief Election Officer Dr. B.V.R.C. Purushottam informed that as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India, all the District Election Officers and departments of Uttarakhand gave their full cooperation in the voter awareness campaign to realize the concept of “no voter should be left out”. Everyone has participated enthusiastically in the voter awareness campaign at their own level.
He told that more than 65 lakh voters took oath to increase the voting percentage. Also, people were made aware through social media for maximum voting. In which 32 lakh voters were reached through WhatsApp. Special arrangements were made for Divyang and elderly voters. In this book, an innovative experiment of watching the video of the related activity through QR code has also been done.
On this occasion, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Vijay Kumar Jogdande, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Mukta Mishra, Assistant Chief Electoral Officer Mastu Das, Dr. Anand Bhardwaj, Dr. M.S. Sajwan, Garima Mishra were present.
