Around 400 women traversed through thoroughfares of Raipur on their two wheelers on Wednesday morning to motivate people to use their franchise as part of an awareness drive-- ‘Mor Raipur-Vote Raipur.’
The bike rally started at Collectorate premises and concluded at Anupam Garden.
Raipur division commissioner G. R. Churendra and district Panchayat chief executive officer and SVEEP nodal officer Gaurav Kumar Singh flagged off the rally.
Women took part in the rally riding bullets and bikes apart from scootys. At the concluding leg, Raipur commissioner G. R. Churendra administered pledge to the gathering to cast their vote as part of their democratic duty.
Addressing the gathering, Churendra said, “To strengthen the democracy of the country, each citizen should use his right to vote. Half the population of country is women, so their role is vital. Not only we should vote, but also motivate other family members, neighbours and others in the society to cast the vote.”
Encouraged by the large participation of women in the bike rally and the interest shown by people, nodal officer Gaurav said that every week similar rally would be taken out in other routes of Raipur city to motivate people to vote.
He added that for the first time a large number of people are spontaneously taking part in the SVEEP programme, where the teams are then motivating them.
