The ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) second edition in South Africa has put the city politicians in a spot. Many of politicians think that a good number of youngsters could be in a mood to watch the match in the afternoon rather than to come out and vote.
I hope that the cricket fans will fulfil their democratic responsibility in the morning before they settle down in front of television sets to watch the match. But after seeing the percentage of results of voting, I feel that the featuring of these IPL matches will impact the polling percentage as it is a Twenty-20 match.
"If it is a one-day international, it would have had an impact as it happened in 2004 elections. Live telecast of cricket matches on a polling day may cast its spell on urban pockets but not on rural areas,” says an ACA administrator. The three-week long ACA women cricket camp in progress at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium is concluding on April 20, thus enabling the players to reach their native place to cast their votes.
"The future of the country is more important than cricket. I already had casted my vote in the morning before rooting for the favourite team to win.
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