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LUCKNOW: Over a month ago, when poll officials in Uttar Pradesh‘s Lalitpur district set for themselves the target of achieving 100% polling in three remote villages, little did they know it would become a mission involving the entire community.
The villages – Saulda, Bamhauri Nagal and Budhni Narahat – on the MP border registered 100% polling on Monday in the fifth phase of LS polls.Locals pooled in money to buy a return air ticket for one villager who works in Bangalore, while another took a train from Delhi to be there on Monday.
BDO Saurabh Barnwal told TOI, “After man-to-man marking, we found one voter, Sher Singh, 25, was working in Bengaluru. Since he did not have enough money or time to return to vote, gram secretary Tushar Kataria, gram rozgar sevak Karan Yadav, BLO Rajesh Kumar, former pradhan’s son Golu Yadav and local leader Janki Bai pooled cash and bought air ticket for Singh.”
Similarly, Delhi resident Jaideep (24), a stenographer to MHA joint secretary, was helped by DM personally to reach the village on time to vote. “Each vote matters, and both Lalitpur and East Delhi DEOs went beyond the call of duty to help a person like me,” he said.
These villages were picked mainly because they had a smaller number of voters. Saulda has 375 voters, including 177 women, Bamhauri Nagal has 441 voters, including 206 women, and Budhni Narahat has 215 votes, including 99 women.
The villages – Saulda, Bamhauri Nagal and Budhni Narahat – on the MP border registered 100% polling on Monday in the fifth phase of LS polls.Locals pooled in money to buy a return air ticket for one villager who works in Bangalore, while another took a train from Delhi to be there on Monday.
BDO Saurabh Barnwal told TOI, “After man-to-man marking, we found one voter, Sher Singh, 25, was working in Bengaluru. Since he did not have enough money or time to return to vote, gram secretary Tushar Kataria, gram rozgar sevak Karan Yadav, BLO Rajesh Kumar, former pradhan’s son Golu Yadav and local leader Janki Bai pooled cash and bought air ticket for Singh.”
Similarly, Delhi resident Jaideep (24), a stenographer to MHA joint secretary, was helped by DM personally to reach the village on time to vote. “Each vote matters, and both Lalitpur and East Delhi DEOs went beyond the call of duty to help a person like me,” he said.
These villages were picked mainly because they had a smaller number of voters. Saulda has 375 voters, including 177 women, Bamhauri Nagal has 441 voters, including 206 women, and Budhni Narahat has 215 votes, including 99 women.
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