Kanpur: The government has declared a national holiday on February 20 in Kanpur for selecting Assembly elections.
All industrial units, commercial enterprises and government offices will remain closed on this day.
District Electoral Officers Neha Sharma at a meeting held with representatives of the Indian Industries Association (IIA) has urged them to ensure one hundred percent chose their employees and their families.
He asked them to encourage their neighbors also to cast their ballots this time also, the IIA will give prizes to the three people who will cast their ballots, he said.
Other IIA members suggested that the industry should give a day’s leave to their employees on the voting day without reducing wages without deduction of wages.
In addition, an employee, who had voted, should be given Rs 100 as an incentive.
All industrial units in Dada Nagar will be interesting for their employees to take a pledge that they would cast their ballots, said Secretary of the IIA.
District electoral officer, who is also a district judge, told the entrepreneurs to raise the call center in their community and Ask the community members to cast their vote through phone calls.
He appealed to employers to take a pledge that they would give their vote.
He promised reads: “We, the citizens of India, maintaining the full faith of our democracy, take this oath that we would uphold the dignity of the democratic traditions of our country, dignity election free, fair and peaceful, without fear and without consideration, religion, class and caste should use our right to vote in all elections without being influenced by any inducement “.
Because of the election, holiday on February 20
