Ensure no voter is left behind: CEO to poll icons

Panaji: Chief electoral officer (CEO) Kunal on Saturday appealed to state and district election icons to use their talents to sensitise people to participate in the upcoming 2022 assembly elections.
Kunal chalked out various activities to be undertaken to attract voters, thus ensuring higher participation.
He asked the icons to engage youngsters by conducting competitions and other activities to ensure that the main motto of the election commission, ‘No voters to be left behind’, is fulfilled.He also appealed to them to maximise their activity by engaging prominent and popular personalities to attract voter participation.
Joint CEO Aisha Vaingainkar said youth have maximum reach in society as they interact with family, friends and have more engagement on social media. “We need to target such youth for maximum outreach,” she said.
One of the icons, footballer Brahmanand Shankwalkar, suggested arranging football matches for senior citizens as Goa is known for its football lovers.
Another state icon, Tapan Acharya, said he will organise flash mob activities at crowded places while Shankuntal Bharane, a radio jockey, assured that she would organise a live phone-in programme every Tuesday and call in an icon to create awareness about elections.
Also discussed were various competitions to be conducted to engage people and activities to be conducted in school, and public places such as bus stands, malls and markets.
Youth have maximum reach in society as they interact with family, friends and have more engagement on social media. We need to target such youth for maximum outreach