Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 16: A Run for democracy was organized by the District Election Officer Jammu today for promoting voters awareness and encouraging people to vote on December 2014 for the Assembly Election.
The run saw participation of over 3000 people from all walks of the life including various schools, colleges, senior citizens, officers and officials from District Administration. The run was flagged off from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Satwari and concluded at Mini Stadium Parade Ground Jammu covering around 6 Kms. Before flag off a motivating street play was performed by famous theatre group Rangyug at Higher Secondary School Satwari, which got lot of appreciation by the participants.
A grand function was organized at Parade Ground where famous theatre group Natrang performed its play on voter awareness “Loktantra Ka Mantra’ depicting importance of every vote and repercussion of non participation of voters in electoral process. Avny Lavassa, welcomed the gathering and encouraged the voters to vote on 20th December 2014. Jammu’s popular radio channel Big FM 92.7 who were radio partner of the event also kept the audience engaged in democracy quiz , keeping the atmosphere lively. District Election Officer Ajeet Kumar Sahu, addressed the gathering and appealed to the participants to cast their vote and spread the message of importance of voting in election in order to strengthen our democracy. Large gathering of more than 6000 people were there at the Parade ground to witness this mega event.
The winners of the Run for Democracy were Naresh Kumar in the men’s category and Mandeep Kour in the women’s category. The winners got attractive prizes from Kapson and HDFC Bank and special prizes were given to senior citizens and best juniors runners. The prizes were distributed by Ajeet Kumar Sahu, District Election Officer and Shri Kiran Wattal, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation.
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