Excited first-time voters in Delhi flaunted their inked fingers after exercising their ballot in the Lok Sabha polls and were unanimous in their demand for better employment opportunities in the government sector and changes in the country’s education system.
Over 2.52 lakh first-time voters cast their maiden votes in the elections in the city.
At many polling booths, the first-time voters were also awarded certificates.
Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s daughter Miraya, a first-time voter, cast the ballot along with her brother Raihan and said the youth should come out and vote for a change.
Accompanied by their parents, the two cast their votes at a booth on Lodhi Road in the New Delhi constituency.
“My only message to the youth is to just come out and vote. It is our job to make a change so we need to come out and do it,” Miraya told the media.
Asifa, a first-time voter at Jafrabad area, said she has been following the developments related to elections like the announcement of candidates and poll alliances even before the polls were announced.
“I am proud to have cast my vote today,” she said.
Radhika Shukla, a first-time voter and a student of Miranda House, said, “We cannot ask the government for everything. In addition to other issues like development opportunities and women’s safety, this generation’s youth also wants that environmental issues should be addressed.” She is the daughter of Special Commissioner of Police (crime) in Delhi Police Shalini Singh. Her father Anil Shukla is also an IPS officer.
There were several first-time voters who made their choices after reading the manifestos of various parties and doing their research.
Madhu Kumari, who exercised her franchise at the polling booth in Nirman Bhawan, said, “If you want a better country, each and every vote is very important. I am proud to be a first-time female voter. I read the manifestos of each of the parties and everything related to women’s safety, education, and the police. For my future and the current needs, it is essential to cast one’s vote.”
Sameer Khan, 21, who cast his vote at the centre in Kendriya Vidyalaya in President’s Estate, said he wants that the government should work towards increasing job opportunities for the youth in the public sector.
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