Young voters return from distant cities to cast votes

Vijayawada: Demonstrating their commitment to democracy, several young voters working in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Visakhapatnam and other cities returned to their native villages in NTR district on Thursday to exercise their franchise in the MPTC and ZPTC elections. Young women from Ananthavaram village, a hamlet of Pondugala Gram Panchayat in Mylavaram mandal, were among those who travelled from Hyderabad to cast their votes at their respective polling stations.

A notable feature in the village was the enthusiastic participation of educated young women, who stood in queues to exercise their voting rights. A large number of women also turned up at polling stations, reflecting their active participation in the electoral process. Similarly, voters in Vijayawada Rural, Ibrahimpatnam, G Konduru, Mylavaram, Nandigama, Kanchikacherla, Jaggayyapeta, Chandarlapadu, Penuganchiprolu, Veerullapadu and other mandals participated enthusiastically in the polling. The return of young professionals from different cities to their native places added to the participation in the rural local body elections. Speaking on the occasion, Ananthavaram village residents Ch Pushpa, Ch Preethi, Ch Deepika and Ch Niharika, who are working as software engineers in Hyderabad, said exercising their franchise was both a privilege and a responsibility of every citizen.

Every vote was important in safeguarding democracy and strengthening the democratic system, they observed. They said they made it a point to return to their native village during every election to exercise their voting rights.

Ananthavaram, a border hamlet adjoining Telangana, had a single polling booth catering to 901 voters. A large number of voters turned up at the polling station and patiently waited in queues to exercise their franchise.

Among them was an elderly Lambada woman, Banavathu Jamkha, who arrived in her traditional attire to cast her vote, reflecting participation across generations.

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Dasari Srinivasa Rao

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Dasari Srinivasa Rao is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering NTR and Krishna districts, with a primary focus on Vijayawada. He has 32 years of experience in journalism. His reporting spans a wide range of beats, including city and rural development, politics, irrigation, education, crime, and human-interest stories.

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