Government of India has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as National Voters’ Day in order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process. The main purpose of National Voters’ Day is to encourage, facilitate and maximize enrolment especially for the new voters. It has been started from 25 January 2011 to mark Election Commission’s foundation day.
The theme of National Voters’ Day 2022 is ‘Making Elections Inclusive, Accessible and Participative.’ Though Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu was supposed to be the chief guest for this event, he won’t be physically attending the event after getting infected with Covid-19 and will deliver a virtual message.
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will be the Guest of Honour. On the other hand, the newly enrolled voters will be handed over the EPIC during the event. Notably, on the occasion of National Voters’ Day, microblogging platform Koko has released a multi-lingual guide on voters’ rights and responsibilities to empower first-time voters to make informed during the upcoming assembly elections in five states. Primarily, National Voters’ Day is observed to spread awareness about the importance of voting in a democracy. The day aims to educate people about their voting rights.