Govt. Degree College Sidhra Sidhra

Organised Symposium Competition To Mark The Celebration Of National Voter’s Day

2025-01-25

“The ballot is stronger than the Bullet” : Abraham Lincoln. Electoral Literacy Club of Government Degree College Sidhra under the patronage of worthy Principal, Dr. G.S Rakwal celebrated “National Voters’ Day” by Organising a pledge to uphold the democratic traditions of our Country for the conduct of free and fair elections. All the present Students, faculty members and Non-teaching staff were taken pledge to uphold the need to vote in every election without being influenced by any considetaion like religion, caste etc. In continuation to this, Symposium competition was organized on the topic “Nothing like voting and I Vote for sure” on 25th January for students to encourage them for knowing their Voting rights. The programme started with the brief introduction about National Voters’ Day given by Prof. Meesha Bhagat (Convener of Electoral Literacy Club) where she highlighted about the background of Celebration of National Voters’ Day. She stated that 25th January is the day which is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the foundation of Election Commission of India. The students were encouraged to know the importance of this day by participating in symposium where they expressed their view point regarding the importance of Right to Vote, and apprised about the Political process of the country. They highlighted the role of citizens especially the young voters to become part of decision making process of the Country. The Judges for this competition were Dr. Pooja Sharma (HOD, Dogri) and Mr. Deepak Kumar (PTI).The speakers were judged on various parameters like relevance to topic, their expression, confidence etc. Tayweeb Khan of B.A IV Sem, Priya kumari of B.A VIth sem, Manharan of B.A VI sem and Usma Khan of IV sem were taken part in the Competition and Manharan of B.A VI sem was declared as winner of the programme. The emphasis of the event was to make the students aware about the ‘National Voter’s Day’ and to encourage them to take part in the democratic process of the country through Voting.The programme was ended up with concluding note given by Dr. Harpreeet Kaur (HOD Political Science) and the programme became successful with the Contribution of all the members of Electoral Literacy Club.