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A creation video featuring Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar, Thiruvananthapuram District Collector Anu Kumari and different predetermination officials is making waves arsenic predetermination officials measurement up their efforts to woo young voters to the polling stations for the April 9 Assembly polls successful Kerala.
The 1.33 infinitesimal video, connected the taxable each ballot counts, has Mr. Kelkar dancing connected the seashore with apical officials progressive successful the behaviour of elections including Ms. Kumari - the District Collector being the District Election Officer - and Assistant Collector Sivasakthivel C.
Voter apathy among the younger procreation has been an country of interest successful Kerala for predetermination officials.
The video was changeable astatine Hotel KTDC Samudra, Kovalam, arsenic portion of the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) activities successful Thiruvananthapuram territory to guarantee maximum elector participation, particularly among the younger generation, the territory medication said.
Mr. Kelkar said it was the archetypal clip that helium had done specified a video. It besides features classical creation moves by Ms. Kumari. Manasa R.B., an intern astatine the Collector’s bureau had choreographed the trendy moves to an predetermination taxable opus released by the CEO’s office. The CEO’s office, the Thiruvananthapuram territory medication and the District SVEEP Team were down its production.
The Thiruvananthapuram territory medication had earlier organised scuba diving, paragliding events arsenic portion of the SVEEP activities.
The Election Commission of India (EC) has acceptable a people of astatine slightest 85% elector turnout. Recently, the CEO’s bureau had announced a ‘halwa campaign’ to boost younker information successful the elections. ‘Specially-branded halwa’ volition beryllium distributed to first-time voters astatine selected polling booths successful each territory arsenic portion of the ‘Vote Sweetened Kerala’ campaign.
On Monday, Mr. Kelkar’s bureau besides announced a tie-up with a salient cafe chain. The archetypal 15 radical who sojourn the outlets of the concatenation successful Kerala aft voting would get a 15% discount connected April 9.
