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The foundation of democracy is laid on voting rights. All citizens above a certain age have the right to vote. In a democracy, no one is deprived of this right based on caste, creed, race, economic status, religion or gender. Election is an important process of democracy by which the people choose their representatives using their franchise. Voting rights have great importance in a democratic system. Every citizen of India gets this right to vote after becoming an adult i.e. at the age of 18 years. Voting is not only a right but also an important civic duty. Being an ideal citizen of the country, everyone should use this right to elect their representatives and perform their duties in government formation.
Many campaigns are run at different places to make citizens aware of voting and voting rights. The longest continuous live radio show for voter awareness was broadcast by 94.3 MY FM in 6 major cities of the state during the Assembly elections in Rajasthan. Under “My FM Votethon”, the biggest voter awareness program for voting in the history of radio, 15 RJs from 6 state cities together did live shows for a total of 372 hours. This Votethon, which started at 2 pm on November 23, was launched in the presence of the Chief Electoral Officer of Rajasthan, Mr. Praveen Gupta, in which important information about voting and voters’ expectations were also discussed openly. The longest live RJ marathon to vote awareness has been registered with gold letters in the Golden Book of World Records with the title of “Longest Radio Broadcast Marathon for Promoting Electoral Participation” as a world record. The world record was announced by Dr. Manish Vishnoi, Asia Head, Golden Book of World Records, during an online event after the broadcast in the presence of Mr. Rahul Namjoshi, CEO of 94.3 MY FM, Mr. Rupesh and RJs and team members of 6 radio stations of MY FM. Many distinguished citizens, organization heads, business boards, women’s organizations and youth also participated in this historic program of Vothon.
During the 94.3 MY FM Votethon, celebrity singer Mr Ravindra Upadhyay, Mr Swaroop Khan, lyricist Mr Kunal Verma and famous folk singer Mrs Rajnigandha Shekhawat etc. also joined the campaign and appealed to the voters across the state to vote. During the event, there was a constant flow of listeners to My FM studio day and night for three days. Some supported the campaign by making creative posters, while live bands, poets and comedians also participated in the elections with their interesting content. To make this Votethon event successful, RJ Kartik, RJ Chhavi, RJ Nupur, RJ Mohit and RJ Eshan from Jaipur performed live shows for 72 hours, while RJ Komal and RJ Bhavesh from Kota, RJ Shivay and RJ Anjani from Ajmer, RJ Kavya and RJ Samay from Udaipur, RJ Mayur and RJ Mahiya from Bikaner and RJ Rex and RJ Pulkita from Jodhpur performed live shows for 51 hours.
During this program, he remained connected with students, corporates and the general public at RJS ground for three days. My FM RJs reached different voting booths since morning on the voting day. Along with this, first-time voters also got a chance to take selfies with RJS. Even before this, 94.3 MY FM has got a place in the Golden Book of World Records for the mission “Har Ghar Healthy”, the certificate of which was given to Rahul Namjoshi with the blessings of Honorable President Madam Mrs. Draupadi Murmu.
