District Collectorate Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh) has held the longest session of election related enquiries by a district election officer for 7.5 hours virtually, which is under ‘SVEEP’ mission

Any democratic country’s soul is in its people’s will to vote. Voting is the biggest power of a common man, but the sad truth about it is that it is still the underestimated procedure under many democracies. The political awareness and voting power holds immense value.

District Election Officer Mr. Pulkit Khare in Pilibhit was well aware of this fact and wanted to fill up the gap of people’s realisation of voting power. He has set the record of organising the longest voting related enquiry session online for 7.5 hours. World Book of Records is astonishingly proud of his efforts and dedication towards the district and includes his effort into its India edition-2022. The session kickstarted by district election Officer in the presence of third party witness. There were around 487 participants whom Mr. Khare addressed. He began with shedding light on the importance of voting for every Indian. Post which, the session gained momentum by various questions by participants which were addressed one by one through District Election Officer, other senior Magistrates. By the time the session was over at 5:30 pm, there were 1130 people in total who attended it. It was previously announced that in this webinar, any questions related to youth vote bank, students, women safety and growth, third gender and normal voting rights related questions can be asked. This is first time in history that this long webinar has been not just conducted for the sake of it, but it was well executed.