Lok Sabha polls: Gurugram multiplexes to give discounts to voters to enhance voting percentage

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], May 8 (ANI): To increase the voting percentage in the Gurugram parliamentary constituency, the District Administration has taken a unique initiative in collaboration with different multiplexes chains.
In the Gurugram district, after voting on May 25, if any voter shows his inked finger in multiplexes, he will get a discount on offline tickets available from the counter or on food and drinks available inside the cinema hall.
Not only this, the voter will also get complimentary refreshments in some multiplexes. On the initiative of District Election Officer and DC Nishant Kumar Yadav, the multiplex chain has given full assurance to the district administration to cooperate in voter awareness.
Regarding this purpose, a meeting of representatives of multiplex chains was held under the chairmanship of Hitesh Kumar Meena, the nodal officer of the SVEEP programme and ADC, at Vikas Sadan located in the Mini Secretariat complex on Wednesday evening.
The ADC informed the representatives of the multiplex chains about the SVEEP programme on behalf of the district administration. He said that all the multiplexes will telecast the message of the District Election Officer and DC Nishant Kumar Yadav and short films related to voter awareness on their respective screens. All the representatives have agreed. upon this.
Representatives of 10 multiplex chains who attended the meeting with the ADC welcomed this initiative of the district administration. 90 screens are operated in the Gurugram district through these chains.
All the major multiplex chains of Gurugram city also assured their cooperation in voter awareness on May 25. ADC also asked all the representatives to install selfie points and standees related to voter awareness in their respective premises.
Haryana CSR Trust's Additional CEO Gaurav Singh, District Information and Public Relations Officer Bijendra Kumar and representatives of multiplex chains like PVR, Inox, Cinepolis, Wave, Mirage, Cinelive etc. attended the meeting.
Notably, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state, the BJP swept the state, capturing all 10 seats and the Karnal Lok Sabha seat witnessed 68.31 per cent votes. The BJP's nominee, Sanjay Bhatia, won by a whopping margin of over 6 lakh votes in the last Lok Sabha election.
In the 2014 elections, the BJP won 7 seats, while the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won 2 seats and the Congress secured only one seat. From the same Karnal Lok Sabha seat, the BJP's Ashwini Kumar had won in 2014, too.
The Lok Sabha elections for the 10 parliamentary constituencies of Haryana are going to be held in a single phase on May 25. (ANI)