Women handled entire vote counting in Harda district

Question: Harda is a district in the state of?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • Harda district of Madhya Pradesh achieved the feat of becoming the first district to handle the entire work of counting votes by all women counting staff on 23rd May, 2019.
  • This initiative is probably the first of its kind.
  • Harda district is a part of Betul parliamentary seat and the counting of votes of Timarni and Harda assembly segments took place at Harda district headquarter.
  • 84 women were trained for counting in Polytechnic College. This initiative was taken to encourage them and to prove that the women are not behind in any case.
  • Apart from the counting of votes, only women were deployed for the security of the counting centre.
  • Betul was voted on 6th May, 2019, and the women had taken the responsibilities of voting in 60 all women polling booths in Harda district.

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