Election consciousness marketing campaign held in Asia’s largest tulip backyard in Srinagar

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Nestled between Dal Lake and Zabarwan Hills, Asia’s largest Tulip backyard change into frail to originate consciousness amongst folks and tourists with regard to ongoing parliamentary elections. The District Election Authority underneath the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme had gathered volunteers from hundreds of faculties of the Valley to originate election consciousness. The reason for holding the consciousness marketing campaign within the tulip backyard change into as a result of the giant footfall of oldsters.

College-going younger folks taking half in guitars and singing songs on this planet-notorious Tulip Garden in Srinagar managed to preserve an entire bunch of oldsters visiting the backyard. These younger girls and boys had volunteered with the Jammu and Kashmir Authorities to preserve an consciousness programme in Srinagar.

The motive of the programme stays to enhance public participation and voter consciousness within the electoral process of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024. And banners of the same had been considered all all around the backyard as effectively.

”It be the programme of SVEEP, We are doing an consciousness programme here in Tulip Garden as Srinagar is going to polls on May per chance additionally 13. We are doing these programmes everywhere along side faculties, universities and areas which enjoy a wide footfall. That is Asia’s largest Tulip backyard and students from schools, faculties and universities are doing programmes to originate consciousness. We enjoy build up many banners right thru and we allure to folks that whenever you want to must bring a quality leader, or no longer it could actually maybe be wanted to vote and every vote counts, ” acknowledged Nodal Officer SVEEP, A.H.Fani.

At some level of the election consciousness marketing campaign, the students from hundreds of faculties equipped skits, musical performances, rap songs and march-previous to educate the younger folks about their characteristic within the ongoing elections. The executive says these programmes lend a hand to unfold the message to their fogeys, kin and community underscoring the significance of their participation in nation-building thru elections.

”It’s miles terribly fundamental to vote, or no longer it is for the betterment of the society. We are attentive to the importance of elections. Many folks are no longer mindful that they must vote on the age of 18. Each person could maybe merely accumulated vote and Tulip Garden is the most easy space to originate this consciousness as thousands of oldsters attain for visit here,” acknowledged Nazia Pandit, a faculty teacher.

Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) main purpose is to maintain a actually participative democracy by encouraging all eligible residents to vote. The students from hundreds of faculties and faculties participated within the tournament and acknowledged that or no longer it is the most easy space to enjoy such consciousness programmes.

‘We are here to make folks attentive to the election process and its importance. It be additionally very fundamental to resolve the most easy executive,” acknowledged Arwami, a student.

Dozens of such programmes are being organised by the manager of Jammu and Kashmir all over hundreds of districts.