Himachal Pradesh Panchayat Polls:103-Year-Old India's First Voter Shyam Saran Negi Cast His Vote

As Himachal Pradesh began the first phase of its panchayat polls, a voter turnout of 70 per cent was recorded

Updated on: 17 January 2021 10:21 pm

At 103,바카라 웹사이트India's first voter Shyam Saran Negi reached to바카라 웹사이트his polling booth in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur to cast his vote in the state's panchayat election. Despite having a failing vision and aching knees, Negi exercised his franchise at the바카라 웹사이트Kalpa polling booth, where he was given an extremely warm welcome by laying a red carpet, by the district administration.바카라 웹사이트

Shyam Saran Negi is believed to be the first voter of India, he cast the first vote in the 1952 general elections.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트“I was a schoolteacher then and had been put on election duty. Due to it, I reached my polling booth at the Kalpa primary school in Kinnaur at 7 am to cast my vote. I was the first one to reach there and vote", shared Negi while remembering the 1952 general elections.

Negi further shared a message to the people where he urged them to participate in the election process to elect an honest and capable candidate.바카라 웹사이트Deputy Commissioner Hemraj Bairwa honoured Negi with a Kinnauri 'topi' and shawl. He further said that young voters should get inspired by Negi, who came to cast his vote even in bad health.바카라 웹사이트

The election process is planned to take place in three phases.바카라 웹사이트In the first round, 1,227 panchayats went to the polls on Sunday. The remaining two phases are slated to be held on January 19 and 21. The state has 3,615 gram panchayats.바카라 웹사이트Electoral Officer Sanjeev Mahajan shared that a voter turnout of 70 per cent was recorded in the first phase.바카라 웹사이트

To cast their votes,바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트over 63 per cent voters of two panchayats in Kaza block in Lahaul-Spiti braved extremely cold weather of minus seven degrees Celsius. In the Hamirpur district, a voter turnout of 76 per cent was recorded.바카라 웹사이트

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his family members cast their votes at Government Primary School at Kurani in Murhag panchayat of Mandi district. While State Congress president Kuldeep Singh Rathour and his wife Tripta Rathour voted at Medhavani village in Kumarsain tehsil of Shimla.

The Himachal Pradesh Election Commission secretary also wrote to the Kangra administration, demanding an enquiry as to why바카라 웹사이트former state minister Sudhir Sharma라이브 바카라 name was removed from the electoral rolls for the panchayat polls.

Earlier,바카라 웹사이트the former state urban development minister alleged that hundreds of names of voters are missing in almost every panchayat in the state. He claimed it to be a "well thought out conspiracy", as most voters whose names are missing are believers of Congress ideology.바카라 웹사이트

With PTI inputs바카라 웹사이트