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New Delhi : Voting is going on in Himachal Pradesh. According to the news received so far, polling is going on quite peacefully here. A special thing has come out in the elections here that only women are operating 157 polling stations here. The Election Commission says that many women bring their children at the time of voting, so that they do not face any kind of problem, so all arrangements have been made.
Delhi Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar said that there are 157 polling booths in the entire Himachal Pradesh, which are being operated entirely by women employees. Crèche facility has also been made available in Hamirpur district so that those coming with children do not face any problem.
#HimachalPradeshElections , 157 polling stations across the state are such that are being managed solely by women staff. In Hamirpur district, crèche facility has also been made available so that those who come with children don’t have to face any issue: CEC Rajiv Kumar pic.twitter.com/D7wueeb3kk
— ANI (@ANI) November 12, 2022
He said that this time 1.93 lakh new voters have been added. There are 56,000 Disabled Voters (PWD) in Himachal. We have made a lot of arrangements for them. There are 37 polling stations which are being operated by PWD employees only.
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On the other hand, former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal, his son and Union Minister Anurag Thakur and their families voted for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.
Regarding the Himachal Pradesh elections, BJP’s national president JP Nadda said that from the point of view of democracy, today is a day of festival on which the public elects the government of their choice for 5 years using their votes. I request everyone to use maximum votes and strengthen democracy. He cast his vote at polling station number-53 in Vijaypur of Bilaspur.
