Delhi set to get its first electoral literacy club

◗ Aimed at imparting electoral literacy to the youth, Delhi’s first Electoral Literacy Club at the college level will be inaugurated in East district today

New Delhi, Sept. 6: Aimed at imparting electoral literacy to the youth, Delhi’s first electoral literacy club ( ELC) at the college level will be inaugurated on Friday in East district, an official said on Thursday.

Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev will inaugurate the club at Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women of Delhi University in Vasundhara Enclave, the official said.

According to east Delhi district administration, a number of youth will be provided information on registration of voters at the club and will also be encouraged to motivate others to register themselves with the club.

The official said the Election Commission of India has conceptualised the idea of ELC at different social strata of the society to make citizens informed and ethical voters.

“The ECI has formulated different instructions as resource guide at school level, college level and community level. It is Delhi’s first Electoral Literacy Club at college level to spread awareness about electoral literacy,” the official said.

The Delhi’s draft electoral roll, published last week, has showed a dip of more than 1.4 lakh in the total number of electors in the city compared to the draft list of last year.

The total number of electors in Delhi stands at 1,36,15,776 in the draft roll and there is a decrease in the number of both male and female voters vis- a- vis the one published on October 23, 2017.

With the release of draft electoral roll, the Election Commission has begun the process to induct new voters in the electoral list.