Close X
Friday, December 27, 2024
ADVT 
India

To Decide Baby's Name, Maharashtra Couple Organize Voting

IANS, 18 Jun, 2018 01:25 PM
    A couple in Maharashtra decided to name their baby boy in a unique way. They held an election on June 15, complete with election banners and ballot boxes to decide upon a name.
     
     
    Friends and relatives of Mithun and Mansi Bang, who belong to Gondiya, participated in voting for a name for their baby, who was born on June 5.
     
     
    Three names were suggested by family members and relatives and the couple decided to use a ballot paper containing these names.
     
     
    Incidentally, among those present at the event was former lawmaker Nana Patole, whose resignation from Lok Sabha necessitated a bypoll in Gondiya on May 28.
     
     
    The "election" was held under the banner of "Balak Naam Chayan Aayog", whose logo bore an uncanny resemblance to that of the Election Commission of India.
     
     
    Mithun Bang, 34, a garment businessman, told that out of the three suggested names, one had to be finalized.
     
     
    "Friends and relatives were taken into confidence for finalizing the name through the "ballot box" and we invited Patole, along with the local BJP MLA and a former MLA for the event," Mr Bang said.
     
     
    On June 15, the "voters" were invited and the "ballot paper" contained the three names. Of the 192 votes, 92 went to the name Yuvaan. That was the name they gave their baby.
     
     
    Mr Bang said when his first child was born, she was named Bhumi. Asked if a similar"polling" was conducted then, he said, "there was a death in the family and we did not have any ceremony."

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Chinese Man Held For Consuming Liquor In Patna

    Chinese Man Held For Consuming Liquor In Patna
    Besides the two Chinese nationals, allegedly found on the wrong side of Bihar's prohibition law, seven of their associates were detained for interrogation but released later.

    Chinese Man Held For Consuming Liquor In Patna

    In Video Amid Selfies, Rescued Python Almost Strangles Forest Officer

    In Video Amid Selfies, Rescued Python Almost Strangles Forest Officer
    It was a narrow escape for Sanjoy Dutta, a Range Officer of Baikunthapur forest in Jalpaiguri, after a python he rescued from a village almost strangled him to death while he was posing for selfies with locals.

    In Video Amid Selfies, Rescued Python Almost Strangles Forest Officer

    Canadian Citizen Among Four Held As Punjab Police Bust Drug Racket

    Canadian Citizen Among Four Held As Punjab Police Bust Drug Racket
    Police claim that previously, the men had sent two consignments (6kg and 14 kg) of opium to Canada.

    Canadian Citizen Among Four Held As Punjab Police Bust Drug Racket

    Gurkirat Singh Kotli Appointed AICC Secretary For Himachal Pradesh

    Gurkirat Singh Kotli Appointed AICC Secretary For Himachal Pradesh
    Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday appointed Punjab MLA Gurkirat Singh Kotli as AICC Secretary for Himachal Pradesh, a party release said.

    Gurkirat Singh Kotli Appointed AICC Secretary For Himachal Pradesh

    They Were Served 'Desi Ghee' Against Entitlement: Centre Opposes Relief For 40 Sikh Detainees

    They Were Served 'Desi Ghee' Against Entitlement: Centre Opposes Relief For 40 Sikh Detainees
    More than a year after an Amritsar court directed the Centre and the state government to award a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to 40 Sikhs confined in a Jodhpur jail, the Union of India has countered the allegations of poor facilities in prison

    They Were Served 'Desi Ghee' Against Entitlement: Centre Opposes Relief For 40 Sikh Detainees

    In Ludhiana, Mughal Era Inn To Be Developed As A Wedding Destination

    In Ludhiana, Mughal Era Inn To Be Developed As A Wedding Destination
    Navjot Singh Sidhu called the site a living example of Punjab's rich heritage which had remained neglected during the previous Akali Dal-BJP regime.

    In Ludhiana, Mughal Era Inn To Be Developed As A Wedding Destination

    PrevNext