In view of providing awareness for voting, Hyderabad based NGO Youngistaan Foundation organised a stand-up comedy and slam poetry show to motivate the participation of young voters in polls. During an event held at Alt-Space in Jubilee Hills on Sunday, the show included stand-up comedians and slam poets, including Mamidanna, Ishnani Mukherjee, Zaki and Vivek Muralidharan.
During a media interaction, founder of the NGO, Arun Daniel, stated that “Last time, the voter turnout, specifically in the demographics of urban youngsters, was below 50%. It’s a disheartening number! So this is our small effort to change that. The stand-up comedy night was the first of the series of events we have planned to engage the urban youth demographic. We will be hosting another comedy show and also have a music gig with the same theme lined up.”
As a fact, during 2014 assembly elections, the large numbers of young people living in urban areas did not turnout for votes compared to other constituencies in Telangana. Polls are scheduled for December 7 in the state and results will be declared on December 11.
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