Puducherry Assembly elections | Locals, poets pitch in to raise voter awareness

Many lend voice to spur participation

Poets, thinkers and residents are lending their voices to complement the administration’s campaign to spur electoral participation and promote ethical voting practices. At one of the city’s largest residential agglomerations falling in the Thattanchavady Assembly constituency, a residents’ welfare association has been propagating the message of ethical voting since 1985. Volunteers have been going door-to-door to raise awareness against taking money for votes and distributing pamphlets with the message. “We have been carrying out this campaign since the association was founded in 1985,” said P.B. Seshadri, long-time president of the Avvai Nagar Residents Welfare Association, an outfit overseeing the well-being of 650 houses and over 2,000 voters.