Human chain formed to encourage people to vote

VARANASI: To encourage a good percentage of voting on the upcoming assembly polls in the city, the Bharat Vikas Parishad Vivekanand, in association with Varanasi Athletic Club, formed a human chain on Sigra road on Monday.
Hundreds of men, women, first time voters and even school children participated in the forming the human chain.
According to spokeperson, Manoj Murjhani, the main aim of taking such a step was to showcase the strength of voting and encourage maximum number of voters on February 15, which is the polling day in the city.
A number of colourful placards with hard hitting slogans and voters awareness quotations and pictures were used to demonstrate the importance of voting. Prominent doctors, social activists, athletes, including Naveen Srivastava, Anil Singh, Anil Bajaj and many others were present on the occasion.