Employees of government and private establishments, daily wage workers and contract workers will get a paid holiday on April 10, due to the Lok Sabha elections being held in the city, the Delhi government said on Monday.

“As per the provision of Section 135 B (i) of the Representation of People (RP) Act, every person employed in any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote, shall be granted a holiday on April 10,” a government official said.

lection Commission (EC) in Odisha, in its initiative to encourage physically handicapped people to vote in large numbers, has roped in national blind cricket team captain Md Jafar Iqbal as its 'icon'.

"The celebrity blind cricketer would encourage blind voters to exercise their franchise," an official at the Cuttack District Election Office said here, adding that special ballot papers had been prepared for this purpose.

The icon would also participate in workshops where he would interact with the blind voters who are not familiar with Braille, the official said.