Gorakhpur: Despite the second wave of Covid pandemic and harsh sun, Vantagia voters turned up to exercise their right of voting in the first phase of the panchayat elections with enthusiasm on Thursday. The Vantangia villagers took part in the panchayat election for the first time after independence.
Out of 1,900 voters, 1,179 turned up to cast their votes and thanked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for giving them the opportunity to participate actively in the democracy. Vantangia village Tinkonia number -3 registered 62% voting.
The CM, after forming the government, declared revenue village status for five Vantangia villages of Gorakhpur and 18 Vantangia villages of Maharajganj.
In Gorakhpur, Tinkonia number -3 village has been declared as revenue village and Tinkonia number -2 is associated with it. Apart from these two, Vantangia village Aambagh and Rajahi Khale tola is associated with revenue village Rajhi under Chargawan block and Vantangia village Chilbilwa is associated with revenue village Pachilbilwa Panchayat.
One Pramila of Tinkonia number-3 expressed her her happiness after giving the vote and said that getting voting rights in Panchayat elections is a big thing for them.
Vijay Kumar of Vantangia number -2 village said that he won’t be able to forget his experience as it was his dream to participate in panchayat election.
Another person Jiyut thanked CM Yogi for giving them the right to become a part of the mainstream, electricity, road and school. “We started celebrating Diwali only after Maharaj ji (CM Yogi ) started coming to us,” he said.