During the election duty, ink fell on the fingers of those who were going to apply ink and got seriously burnt. The incident took place in Ferok and Kuttyadi, during the election duty, the voter stamped the NSS. The student’s fingers were severely burnt. A Plus One student from Farook suffered ink burns on her left fingers.
Chaliam Umpichi Haji Higher Secondary School NSS. The volunteer student got election duty from Farooq College A.L.P. In school. Here the duty was to help differently abled people to vote.
But when he reached the school, his duty was to ink the fingers of the people who came to vote at booth number 93. The student was to apply ink from ten to two. Then when he left, he started to feel severe pain in his left hand fingers. Then he went to a private hospital in Cheruvannur and sought treatment. The student uses her left hand to write.
That is why the index and middle fingers of the left hand are burnt. The Special Branch officials who came to know about the incident have also collected information. According to the election rules, it is the responsibility of the polling officials to apply ink on the voter’s finger and issue voter slips. An investigation is also being conducted on this issue. Also, some of the officials engaged in polling duty in various booths of Kuttyadi Assembly Constituency got burns from the ink applied on their fingers. The fingers of the right hand are burnt. There are officers whose skin on the tip of the finger has fallen off.
Most of the second polling officers were burnt. They had the job of signing the voter’s serial number and identification card number in the voting register and applying ink marks on their fingers. Officials say that the reason for the burns was that they worked without caring about getting ink on their fingers in their eagerness to speed up polling. Gloves or other safety equipment were not allowed. Five cents to ink. m. An undersized brush was provided.
A small wad of cotton waste to wipe the ink from the hands. Many people shared their burn experience in the WhatsApp group which included the polling officers of Kuttyadi constituency. Developed by the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, the ink is commercially produced by Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd., Karnataka. This ink is not indelible and dries in just 40 seconds when applied to the finger, and is not very affordable.
An indelible ink mark is an essential part of the election process. The mark will remain intact for at least twenty days. 26.5 lakh bottles of 10 ml each have been prepared for the Lok Sabha elections. The Election Commission gets it for Rs 174. If we look at the history of ink, this ink has been a symbol of Indian democracy since the Lok Sabha elections in 1962. One bottle contains ten milliliters of ink. With this, the fingers of about 700 voters can be inked. It is the responsibility of the second polling officer to apply this ink on the index finger of the left hand of the citizens coming to vote.
After the first polling officer has identified the voter, the second polling officer will check the index finger of the voter’s left hand to ensure that there are no signs of ink. Then make a long ink mark with a brush from the tip of the index finger of the left hand to the first joint.
3458 bottles of ink are used in Kottayam district to smear the fingers of voters. 2394 bottles of ink will be used in Kottayam parliamentary constituency alone. Two bottles of ink will be kept for one booth. Indelible ink is applied to the finger to prevent the voter from casting multiple votes. This ink dries in 40 seconds and lasts for weeks.
The Election Commission has brought the ink from the Mysuru Paint and Varnish Company in Mysuru, Karnataka Government. This unique voting ink is a formula developed by the National Physical Laboratory of India. Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited Company is the only company in the country authorized to manufacture this ink. This time, this company has received a record order from the Election Commission.
The ink in 27 lakh small bottles of 10 ml each is required for the upcoming elections. One bottle of ink is enough for 700 people. 174 was given by the Election Commission. The company gets a total of Rs 50 crore including the cost of delivering the ink. Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited Company has prepared all the ink needed for this year’s elections. The highest demand for ink is from Uttar Pradesh and the least from Lakshadweep. Silver nitrate is the main ingredient.
Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd., which has been manufacturing ink for the country’s elections since 1962, now also exports to foreign countries. The ink is exported to countries like India where ink is used in voting. Also, the ink is used to ensure the transparency of the voting process by preventing false votes. Silver nitrate is the main ingredient in the ink. 20 percent silver nitrate is added to keep it for several days.
Use of skin-safe ink, water, soap or other cleaning products will not remove the ink.Malaysia, Canada, Cambodia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Turkey, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Nepal, Madagascar, Singapore, Dubai, Mongolia, Sierra Leone, Ink is shipped to more than 30 countries including South Africa.
Ink is used in different ways in different countries. In Cambodia and the Maldives, voters dip their fingers into the ink, while in Turkey the ink is applied with nozzles.
