Poll awareness song a hit, youth band opts to stay free

YAMUNANAGAR: "Jana hai jana hai......vote dalne jana hai, Suno gaur se bharat valo, dunia ko dikhana hai...Vote dalne jana hai." These are the lyrics that one can listen at various crossings and public places of Yamunanagar, once again.
A group of three young budding musicians, who have just formed their band, are singing their self-composed song to encourage people to vote.They are not hired by any agency or govt department.
They were part of a group that had composed a song free of cost to encourage voters in the last Lok Sabha elections. Their song was played by various community radio stations during the parliament polls.
But Ritesh, Manik and Sachin have decided to sing the song direct in public as they felt that it will give a more effective message, compared to community radio or any other medium.
More importantly, the three youths are aged between 18 and 20. "Earlier, the response was not good, but now people are listening us. We are pleased to serve the society," they said.
Impressed by the popularity enjoyed by these youths, district authorities and election commission officials have called the youths to perform their song in their district-level "Matdata Jagrukta campaign" at district headquarters on Saturday.
The youths received the invitation when they were performing in a park at sector 18, Jagadhri.
Election Commission observer S D Wardhany asked the youths to perform in his presence and appreciated them a lot.
The three youths sang the same song before a huge audience and were highly appreciated again.
The district administration has now asked them to join their public relations team to visit villages, but they have politely refused, saying they want to independently interact with masses.
"We are happy to receive an invitation from election commission and are thankful to concerned officials. But we would like to continue our mission independently on road crossings and other public places in cities," they said.