People
should
realize
that
polling
day
is
not
an
occasion
to
sit
at
home
and
eat
pakodas,
but
to
exercise
their
franchise
for
a
better
government,
said
noted
comedian
Kapil
Sharma.
Attired
in
a
white
kurta
pyjama
and
a
pink
Nehru
jacket,
he
said
here
Friday
that
only
voting
can
improve
the
future
of
the
country
and
form
a
potent
democracy.
Kapil,
the
host
of
popular
show
"
Comedy
Nights
With
Kapil",
has
been
roped
in
by
the
Delhi
poll
panel
as
its
brand
ambassador
to
woo
the
voters
in
the
capital,
so
that
they
come
ahead
to
exercise
their
voting
rights.
He
himself
does
not
have
a
voter
ID
card.
However,
he
said
that
he
has
specially
requested
the
poll
panel
to
issue
him
a
voter
identity
card
as
being
the
ambassador,
it
becomes
must
for
him
to
vote
during
the
polls.
"When
I
was
in
Amritsar
my
name
was
enrolled
in
the
electoral
list
but
after
moving
to
Mumbai,
I
could
not
get
my
name
transferred," said
Kapil.
The
event
was
part
of
the
the
poll
panel's
initiative
called
SVEEP-Systematic
Voters
Electoral
Participation.
The
events
involve
popular
celebrities
exhorting
people
to
go
out
and
vote.
The
polls
panel
has
also
roped
in
Indian
cricket
player
Virat
Kohli
and
Bollywood
actress
Soha
Ali
Khan
as
the
brand
ambassadors.
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