No hotel rooms and resorts for people who skip voting: DC Hephsiba

April 3: 14 constituencies will have polling on April 18 and 23 in Karnataka. As these days are declared as government holidays, many like to travel to tourist destinations instead of exercising their franchise.
Udupi Deputy Commissioner Hephsiba Rani Korlapati has ordered all the hotels and resorts in Udupi district not to allot rooms to tourists who skip voting on the days of polling. She said that the home address should be verified by hotel owners before allotting rooms to tourists. Owners of hotels and resorts should deny rooms to tourists who have decided to skip voting in their polling booths in order to go on a vacation on these polling days.
She has even directed all industries and private firms to ensure that the employees are exercising their franchise.