Imagine you are a 1st time voter write your experience in recent lok sabha election
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Twenty two-year-old Annnavarapu Akhila from Amber pet is a first-time voter and she was keen to get all the paperwork done. “I do follow the elections news on both news channels and social media,” she explains, “I feel through channel advertising media, we could better understand the developmental process of our government so far. But we do have our own analysis though, with our own opinions and conclusions regarding whom to vote for and why.”
The conversations first-time voter’s have at home are important in making these analyses. Twenty three-year-old engineering student Aditya Kollipaka from Kokapet shares that though he doesn’t live with his parents, who reside in Secunderabad, they still have conversations about the elections, discussing largely what is circulated in the media. “My parents are becoming more aware of what fake news is and they’re alerting their friends who often send daily forwards,” he says, “and even though we don’t share the same beliefs, as citizens they are owed the truth.”
Residing in a household comprising family members across the political spectrum, 23-year-old Bandela Vijaya Sneha Chintal from Medchal explains, “News gives us lots of information, though it gives biased views; I don’t like that but pros and cons happen a lot, right? The young citizens must educate people regarding our voting rights and all. It’s our responsibility too as our generation has lot at stake. On social media we can approach each other and I think it’s a good problem... but the major problem to be noted is the propaganda.