A Walkathon Rally under the theme 'A step for participative electors' for special summary revision organized by the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland along with the Office of the Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Kohima was held from Sokriezie Park, PHQ Junction to DC office Complex on 9th November 2022.
The Chief Electoral Officer of Nagaland, V. Shashank IAS in his brief address talked about how in India, the democratic system of governance was adopted. And in a democratic elections process, if a citizen's name is enrolled then only he/she can cast a vote. He also addressed the participants of the Walkathon as the ambassadors, who will spread the message to all those who could not be a part of the event.
Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Kohima, Shanavas C IAS, in his introductory remarks, said that any citizen of a state who is an ordinary resident of the state, residing for six (6) months or above has to enroll in the election so that they can exercise the democratic voting rights and make a count when the election comes. If someone has to be enrolled or shifted or deleted, all this has to be done in this period starting today the 9th of November 2022. He encouraged all the ward leaders/ colony leaders and NGOs to ensure a clean E-roll in order to avoid any issues during election time.
Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, R. Mhathung highlighted on Walkathon while vote thanks was purposed by Jt. Chief Electoral Officer, Sharon Longchar NCS.
(Shahlong IA Jakhama)