Amidst polarization efforts, voter awareness need of the hour

Communal parties are making all efforts to make the country a Hindu Rashtra. Parties like Nau Nirman Sena is going to give tickets to people like Rupendra Rana who lynched Mohammed Akhlaq and Shambhulal who burned Afrazul Islam alive. Amit Jani, a wealthy former Samajwadi Party member, is preparing “Hindu Fidayeen” to fight for “Real Hindutva. From his huge fortunes, he is spending to fight for ‘Hindus’.

As per media reports, Jani’s Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena, a radical Hindutva outfit based in Meerut, has fielded Shambhulal Regar, who hacked a Muslim man to death in December 2017. Besides, Jani has also fielded Hariom Sisodia, one of the accused in the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in September 2015, and Naresh Kumar Sehrawat, accused of stabbing 16-year-old Hafiz Junaid Khan in June 2017. Rupendra Rana, one of the 19 men accused of lynching Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri in September 2015, will also contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2019.

In this scenario, every sensible citizen of India should play their role well to prevent such people from winning the elections. Everyone should make sure that he or she has his/her name in the electoral roll. For that, one must go to the website electoralsearch.in. If your name is not there you can’t vote even if you have a voter id. So it is advised to go to the election commission of India website eci.nic.in. If your address has changed use Form-1. If your name is not in the electoral roll. Fill form-6 and register your name. The form is to be submitted to the election officer working under district magistrate. Get the acknowledgement receipt with a stamp.

Imams and Khateebs of the masajid should create awareness among worshipers regarding their right to vote and its necessity this. Social workers and NGOs should visit each and every house and create awareness among citizens.