Bengaluru: On Friday, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar expressed his alarm about the disinterest of young people and city dwellers in voting, calling it a "serious challenge" to the integrity of the electoral process.
He pondered why election day wasn't treated more like a festival of democracy and a holiday.
"One major challenge before the Commission is the general apathy, mainly young and urban apathy amongst our voters," Kumar said during 'Vote Fest-2023' organised by the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)—Inputs from Agecies