Churachandpur district of Manipur witnessed one of the largest turnouts of election related personnel on the first and second day of the two-day Ballot Fest on Thursday and Friday organized by District Election Officer (DEO), Churachandpur at Community Hall of Tuibong, about 65 km south of Imphal.
According to reports, about 3000 personnel attended the briefing and awareness on EVM/VVPAT, cVigil, 1950 helpline and all the participants marked their attendance by casting votes on EVM-VVPAT.
Addressing the gathering, DEO Shyam Lal Poonia of Churachandpur district sensitized the personnel on various new initiatives of Election Commission of India (ECI) and DEO office towards free and fair elections. He announced that a cash prize of Rs 5000 will be given to best performing polling team in every Assembly constituency after the election.