Stickers with the message: “We will not take money in this house to vote” were pasted at over 1,000 houses in Perundalaiyur panchayat, Gobichettipalayam union by an Erode-based NGO, Yaan Foundation, urging voters to cast their franchise sans money.
Four villages in the panchayat: Kuttipalayam, Serayampalayam, Vengamedu and Perundalaiyur, coming under the Tiruppur Parliamentary constituency, have about 2,500 voters, and the NGO is working towards creating awareness that the “vote is not a product to be sold”. Awareness messages in the form of stickers, banners, hoardings, and paintings on roads have come up across these villages in the past month, all stressing the message of not taking cash for votes.
