By means of PTI
NEW DELHI: Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar will on Wednesday be designated as a “nationwide icon” of the Election Fee (EC) to inspire higher voter participation within the electoral procedure.
A memorandum of working out might be signed between Tendulkar and the ballot panel right here on Wednesday.
As a part of the three-year settlement, Tendulkar will unfold voter consciousness.
“This collaboration would mark a vital step against leveraging Tendulkar’s unheard of have an effect on with the adolescence for expanding electorate’ participation within the coming near near elections, particularly on the whole elections (to Lok Sabha), 2024,” the EC mentioned in a remark.
Throughout the partnership, the EC seeks to deal with the demanding situations of city and adolescence apathy against vote casting.
The EC has been associating itself with famend Indians from quite a lot of fields by means of designating them as its “nationwide icons” to encourage electorate to take part within the electoral procedure.
Ultimate 12 months, the fee recognised actor Pankaj Tripathi as a countrywide icon.
Previous, all through the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, stalwarts akin to MS Dhoni, Aamir Khan and Mary Kom have been the EC’s nationwide icons.
NEW DELHI: Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar will on Wednesday be designated as a “nationwide icon” of the Election Fee (EC) to inspire higher voter participation within the electoral procedure.
A memorandum of working out might be signed between Tendulkar and the ballot panel right here on Wednesday.
As a part of the three-year settlement, Tendulkar will unfold voter consciousness.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
“This collaboration would mark a vital step against leveraging Tendulkar’s unheard of have an effect on with the adolescence for expanding electorate’ participation within the coming near near elections, particularly on the whole elections (to Lok Sabha), 2024,” the EC mentioned in a remark.
Throughout the partnership, the EC seeks to deal with the demanding situations of city and adolescence apathy against vote casting.
The EC has been associating itself with famend Indians from quite a lot of fields by means of designating them as its “nationwide icons” to encourage electorate to take part within the electoral procedure.
Ultimate 12 months, the fee recognised actor Pankaj Tripathi as a countrywide icon.
Previous, all through the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, stalwarts akin to MS Dhoni, Aamir Khan and Mary Kom have been the EC’s nationwide icons.