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Mumbai to shame itself on election day again?
Updated On: 11 October, 2009 06:58 AM IST | | Urvashi Seth
The city may just shame itself again with a low turnout on Election Day which has been declared a paid holiday
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The city may just shame itself again with a low turnout on Election Day which has been declared a paid holiday
The stateu00a0labour commissioner Arvind Kumar's initiative to get voters to ink their fingers by giving them a paid holiday on October 13 could boomerang, say Mumbai tour operators. In fact the holiday has worked in favour of the apathetic voter who wants to extend his long weekend holiday out of Mumbai. Tour operators reveal that travel bookings have gone through the roof what with Diwali around the corner. "With Diwali been the holiday season for Indians, there is huge rush of people travelling abroad and a growing demand for long holidays which might affect the voter's turnout on Election Day (October 13). The election date should have been set after Diwali, keeping in mind the holiday mood," says Pradip Lulla, acting president of Travel Agents Federation Of India (TAFI).
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