A day after ABAM’s clean election rally in Mokokchung district, hundreds of students took out another rally in Mokokchung town on February 21, supporting the call for free, fair, credible and corruption free elections through active participation of students in the election process.
According to DIPR, Ayusangla Jamir, a BA student of Patkai College, Dimapur who is the Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) icon for Mokokchung district called upon the students to be crusaders for free and fair elections by being aware of their voting rights. Ayusangla also lamented that their rights had been ignored leading to degeneration of the elections. Students from six educational institutions including students from Fazl Ali College and People’s college actively participated in the rally. Earlier EAC, Mokokchung Luchui Fithu dwelt on the objective of holding the rally and thanked the student community for their enthusiasm. The rally which started from Imkongmeren Sports Complex culminated at the Main Police Point in the heart of the town (Imlong place). The students walked about a kilometre through the main thorough fare holding placards with placards which read “electoral participation is the responsibility of all eligible citizens’ and ‘to vote is your right”.