New Delhi, March 04: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam will join several icons from sports and film industry in issuing televised appeals to people, especially youths, to exercise their franchise in the upcoming assembly elections in five states.
“In Bihar, we saw a dramatic increase in voter participation because of many innovative ideas and using icons was one of them… so we are trying to get Dr Kalam’s appeal in Tamil for Tamil Nadu polls,” Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi told a seminar on ‘Voter Participation’ here.
The Election Commission is trying to get Kalam to speak in Tamil to attract voters in Tamil Nadu for the April 13 Assembly elections.
Quraishi said the Election Commission will use the services of Kalam and other icons in various fields in respective states to reach out to the voting community.
——PTI