I am dead, how will I vote here? My in-laws' house is at another place, after a few days my husband will take me to my in-laws' house,” Marankudi Hansda of tribal group living in Phulpahadi area of Pakur said when Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar asked her about her voter identity card during his visit to Santhal Pagragana on Friday.
The CEO is in Santhal Pargana area since Thursday and physically inspecting the arrangements at remote polling stations and the facilities available to the voters. He inspected the polling stations located at Sahebganj, Mandro and Pakur, Phulpahari and meeting the voters of the tribal areas here and giving their feedback on the preparations going on in their areas for the Lok Sabha voting.
During the tour, the Chief Electoral Officer asked the new daughter-in-law, who was working in the barn with her mother-in-law, about her voter identity card, to which she said that there were still some marriage rituals left, after which she would become a resident of this place (In this tribe, in the marriage tradition, the woman comes to her in-laws' house a year before, later after serving food to all the family members, the marriage is considered complete.)
Taking all these matters seriously, BLOs were directed to connect these voters with the Voter Helpline App. Also, if the new daughter-in-law has come under the area of BLO, then she must apply for getting her voter identity card made.
