He can rattle off names of 224 Assembly constituencies

Six-year-old Indrajith of Shivamogga, who can rattle off the names of all the 224 Assembly constituencies in Karnataka with ease, has been declared as the district icon for the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign of the Election Commission.

The SVEEP campaign has been launched to enhance the polling percentage. M. Lokesh, Deputy Commissioner, told presspersons here on Tuesday that a video clip of Indrajith telling the names of the 224 constituencies had been prepared. In the video, the boy appeals to the people to cast their vote without fail to strengthen democracy.

Mr. Lokesh said the video clip would be screened at the awareness programmes that would be held as part of the SVEEP campaign. Indrajith’s father, Shivakumar, is a teacher, while his mother, Asha, is a home-maker.

Indrajith is a first standard student at Royal Diamond School at Vinobha Nagar locality here.

Mr. Shivakumar said his son had memorised the names of the Assembly segments over the past three months.

Indrajith is gifted with an amazing memory and grasping power, he said.