00:00Voting just took place today in Bangladesh. Considering the percentage, how do you think that people responded to the democratic
00:07process?
00:08The voting concluded India time at 4.30, sorry, 4, and given the spontaneity of turnout, in quite a number
00:19of centres,
00:21people were brought inside the centres, particularly women, which is why the voting went beyond 5, as I have gathered.
00:33What was striking was the most peaceful manner, apart from some stray incidents, violence in some parts.
00:42It was rather peaceful, particularly those who are on the ground, including the journalists who have gone from India and
00:48abroad.
00:49They have broadly said that this is one of the striking things.
00:53Voter turnout, particularly of women and girls, even elderly, many of them who came say that we are voting possibly
01:02for the last time in our lifetime.
01:04That was noteworthy.
01:06The mobilisation, we had close to, I think, 900,000 security personnel mobilised.
01:14The role of military was equally noteworthy, especially in facilitating as also immediately intervening wherever there would have been some
01:25squabble
01:26or people were indulging in altercation and all that, which might have led to some incidents.
01:30So that's why hardly, unlike the previous times, any difficult episode emerged.
01:40And as I gather from election commission sources informally, as of this hour, it's possibly above 60% turnout, which
01:52means of the 12, 127 million registered voters,
01:58that means over 7.5 crore people have voted.
02:02I guess that's for anyone to understand what does it mean.
02:06Let's also understand it's a new demography which is voting.
02:11Demographic figures show that 14% of population is above 55.
02:20Obviously, you know that Gen Z is known, but what it means is that 60% of the population being
02:27below 35 and nearly one-third voting for the first time,
02:31casting the votes for the first time, makes it quite an interesting open election.
02:38The campaign, I must say, preceding the voting, today's voting, spanning over 19 days, has been remarkably peaceful by any
02:50measure.
02:50Measured.
02:52Measured?
02:53Measured.
02:56Measured.
02:56In some passing attitudes now?
03:00Measured.
03:01Measured.
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