New Delhi: With voting underway for the Delhi Assembly elections today, the Chamber of Trades and Industries (CTI) has announced that salons and beauty parlours across the city are offering discounts ranging from 20 to 50 per cent to voters.
In addition to salons, various businesses including shops, restaurants, hotels, malls, coffee shops, and dhabas are also providing discounts between 10 and 50 per cent to customers who cast their vote.
CTI stated that around 500 salons and beauty parlours are offering these discounts on February 6, the day after voting. "The initiative aims to boost voter turnout in Delhi, where elections for 70 assembly seats are being held today," it added.
CTI Chairman Brijesh Goyal emphasised that this effort is intended to encourage higher voter participation. "This initiative will motivate more people to vote today and help increase voter turnout," said Goyal.
More than 500 salon owners and makeup artists associated with CTI have joined the initiative. "Voters who avail of beauty services such as facials, shaves, haircuts, massages, and de-tan treatments on February 6 will receive an additional discount of 20 to 50 per cent. The offer is open to both men and women who show the voting ink on their finger as proof of having cast their vote," he added.