Right to vote bestowed to Citizens after Independence with 18 pc literacy rate: CEC

Jan 25, 2022

New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): On the occasion of National Voter’s Day, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said that the right to vote was bestowed upon every adult citizen of India during independence. He said, “The right to vote was bestowed upon every adult citizen of India at the same time as India won her freedom. For a newly-independent country with a literacy rate of 18%, this was a truly radical move.”