The Times of India
19 Apr 2004, CHANDIGARH: Candidates for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat will have to do a lot of convincing before they can be sure of the first-time voters' support.
The 50,000-odd voters in the age group of 18 years to 23 years will be raising serious bread and butter issues and expect a commitment from the main contenders to pledge their support.
In fact, the primary concern is employment opportunities and the outfits representing the age group agree on this score.
Candidate speak
BJP's Satya Pal Jain -- "The first-time voters must support PM Vajpayee to fulfil his dream of making India a superpower by 2020. NDA government has generated employment in BPO and IT sectors. Being a PU senate member, I have been actively involved in solving issues of the academic community." ...
19 Apr 2004, CHANDIGARH: Candidates for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat will have to do a lot of convincing before they can be sure of the first-time voters' support.
The 50,000-odd voters in the age group of 18 years to 23 years will be raising serious bread and butter issues and expect a commitment from the main contenders to pledge their support.
In fact, the primary concern is employment opportunities and the outfits representing the age group agree on this score.
Candidate speak
BJP's Satya Pal Jain -- "The first-time voters must support PM Vajpayee to fulfil his dream of making India a superpower by 2020. NDA government has generated employment in BPO and IT sectors. Being a PU senate member, I have been actively involved in solving issues of the academic community." ...
