Puri: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sand sculpture on Puri Beach, Odisha, to spread awareness among young and first-time voters through his artwork about the importance of voting in large numbers to strengthen and enrich Indian democracy.
Pattnaik’s sculpture is a part of the ‘Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye’ (My First Vote for the Country) campaign.
Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye campaign is being implemented in various higher educational institutions of the country, and it is gaining momentum, the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting stated today. It explained that the main objective of the initiative is to engage and encourage young voters to come out and vote and to convey the importance of voting for the larger good of the nation. “The initiative symbolizes the importance of Elections and the pride of voting in the largest democracy of the world,” it said.
Hon’ble PM @narendramodi Ji has given a clarion call to join the #MeraPehlaVoteDeshKeLiye campaign and encourage the first time voters to exercise their democratic right.
As an artist I join the honourable PM in urging all young friends through my sand art, to be a part of the… pic.twitter.com/9tSxCJ9UA5— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) March 10, 2024
Appreciating the artwork of Pattnaik, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said “Made on Sand, but the impression has been on the minds of every Indian”. The Minister further said in his X Post, “As the #MeraPehlaVoteDeshKeliye, campaign has reached every corner of the country, filling the first-time voter with an unmatched excitement to be a part of the democratic process, we see a beautiful expression of this campaign engraved on sands.”
– global bihari bureau
