To urge the voters of Mandya and Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituencies to vote, Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programmes were organised at Mandya and Ramanagaram towns on Wednesday.

Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officers K. Yalakki Gowda in Mandya and M.P. Mullai Muhilan in Ramanagaram, inaugurated the programmes at the district stadiums at Mandya and Ramanagaram respectively.

While the Ramanagaram Zilla Panchayat organised a bike rally, the Mandya Zilla Panchayatconducted an awareness programme through folk art performances.

All eligible voters should exercise their franchise without fail on the day, they said.