1st Polling-1st Time

Jobe theke Uttar Dinajpur e Chakri niye esechhi, tobe thekei nana joner mukhe ekta byapar niye nana kotha sunechi. Kotha gulor modhye kichu valo ar kichu otishoy kharap. Kichu lok sahos jugiyechen ar kichu lok voy dekhiyechen. Asole byaparta boroi gurutoro o golmele. Byapar ta Vote. Mane Election. Sarkar Bahadur er Chakri korle Election Duty ekti otibo guruttopurno o obosso kortobbo byapar seta notun kore bolar kichu nei.Election er nana rokom duty. Tar modhye bodh hoy sobtheke jhamelar kaj ta amader jonno boraddo. Booth e bose Vote newa. Nana kotha sune sune moner modhye kemon ekta odvut dharona jonme gechhilo. Nana kotha nijer moto kore bujhe bujhe ekebare bojhai hoye gechhilam. Kintu sob miliye ki holo, setai ekhon bolbo. Tobe songkhepe. Bore korbo na.

March mas ei Election ghosona hoye gelo. Hiseb kore dekha gelo 17 April ekhane Vote. Somvoboto amar duty porbe. Ki korte hobe exactly janar upay nei. Bivinno jayga theke gyan niye bujhlam Presiding Officer puro byapar ta manage koren. Booth er Korta tini. Birat daitto. 1^st Polling Officer er kaj Voter Card ba Voter Slip dekhe Electoral Roll e chhobi soho nam miliye Voter ke verify kora. 2^nd Polling er kaj holo koto jon Vote dichhe tader hiseb rakha ar Voter der soi ba anguler chhap register kora ar 3^rd Polling Voter der ekta notun Slip issue koriye diye EVM ke control kore Vote ta niye newar kaj koren. Sob dekhe sune bujhlam Presiding Officer er bemokka chap er kaj. Sob kichhu korte hobe. Malpotrer jimmedari. Booth er jimmedari. Jodi kachal badhe tobe seta samlano, tarpor nana rokom hiseb miliye mela rokom form fill up kore segulo niye joma dewa.Se Je moha daitto. 2^nd ar 3^rd Polling er kaj ta khub porisromer mone holo. Mane gadhar khatuni. 1^st Polling er kaj tai besh valo. Besh fulbabu hoye bose Polling Agent der dike takiye Voter der Serial Number ar nam dhore besh kore heke dilei lyatha sesh. Baki kaj baki lokeder.

Ekdin Royalty Drive e gechhi. Royalty Drive mane holo mati chor der dhora. Bivinno jaygay loke mati kete niye jachhe. Sarkar ke prapyo Taka deyna. Sei Taka aday korte amader special drive chole. To ekdin  Asuragarh er dike ghure berachhi, hothat ek Dada’r mobile e ekta sms elo. Election Commission take 1^st Polling Officer hisebe appoint korechhen. Islampur e training.  Amar mathar madhoe palpitation suru hoye gelo. Ebara mar sms asbe re. Kichu khon porearek Dada’r sms elo. Same post sudhu training Raiganj e. Ebara mi aro chap e pore gelam. Islampur theke Raiganj jawar somoy pothe Dalkhola bole ekta bishom jayga pore. Sekhane Rail er crossing er gate porar jonne ar bhutta wala der truck er vir miliye fatafati jam hoy. Oi jhamela periye Raiganj e training e jawa khub chap. Kichukhon er modhyei sms elo. Dekhlam 1^st Polling Officer. Training Islampur ei. Khaub valo kotha. Islampur College e training hobe. Bari theke kachhei. Chap nei kono.

Din er din training holo. Prothom training. Erpor aro ekta training hobe. Sei onujayi posting hobe mane Vote nite jete hobe.Chirokal sune aschi khub dure dure jete hoy. Ager din sokale jete hoy Distribution Center (DC) e. Sekhan theke EVM ar nana rokom jinis niye nirdishto gari te uthe Vote kendre jete hoy. Sekhane mela kaj. Booth take sajiye ghuchhiye  toiri koro, rat e chatai pete ghumao. Vor bela toiri hoye sokal 7.00 ta theke bose Vote nao. Bikel  5.00 tar por kagoj potro ready kkore oi Center e eso. Totokhone se center ta Receiving Center ba RC hoye gechhe. Malpotro joma dao tobe chhuti. Kagoj porter chap eto tai je prothom din sondhe bela Booth e pochhei sesob niye boste hoy.

Din krome egiye elo. Kopaler jore amar second training tao Islampur College ei holo ar posting tao Islampur Bidhan Sabhay holo. Bujhe gelam kachha kachhi match khelte jabo. RC pouchhe gel ear chap nei. Duto training ei pakhi pora kore onek kotha bojhano holo. Bujhechhilam kichu kichu. 

Second training er chithi te puro team tar nam thake. Presiding Officer professionally Assistant Head Master. Ekdin Office e giye unar phone pelam. Apnar ki ager oviggotta ache? Prosno ta sune sobiniye janalam je ekebarei nei. Tate uni bollen je uni vabchhilen nam ta katiye neben. Ami ovoy dile uni ar ta korben na. Ami joto ta pari golay sahos ene unake aswosto korlam. Sahosta, bolai bahullo, ekdom meki. Jai hok, second training er din team er sathe porichoy hoye gelo. 2^nd Polling Officer Goalpokher ei thaken. Sudhu 3^rd Polling Officer asben Malda’r Gajol theke. 16^th April ghum theke other somoy sms pelam. Sundargaon Free Primary School e duty. Islampur theke 40 minutes. Ekhetre bole rakha valo, Election er ager pray 14 days ami Electoral Roll niye kaj korechi SDO Office e. Ei kaj ta amay khub confident kore diyechhilo karon 1^st Polling er puro kaj tai ei Electoral Roll niye. Chhobi o onnanyo details dewa chhapano boi er moto. Okhan thekei Voter ke verify korte hoy. Ei sob kichhu bidye-budhhi niye Islampur DC te poucholam.

Malpotro newar agei duto jhamela holo. Notun niyom onujayi Presiding ba 1^st Polling jekono ekjon ke mobile number register kore nite hobe. Puro reporting ta sms er madhyome EC ke korte hobe.Presiding er number ta registered holo na technical karone. Ami koriye nilam. Ami emnio sms er maharaja. No chap. Ei somosyar por sunlam Presiding er Account e Taka dhokeni. Remittance er list eon am nei. Uni bollen dur Taka na dile ami jabona. Mathay baj venge porlo. Unar obortomane amar upor chap. Ki sorboneshe kotha. Seshe Control Room te giye ekjon Deputy Magistrate er ovoybani sune amra mal potro nite gelam. Taka naki thik dhuke jabe.

Ekta Tata Magic e chore sob mal potro niye Sundargaon er dike raona holam. DC te porichito onek  Dada der duty chhilo.Tader kachh theke khobor niyechhilam. Sundargaon oti chamatkar jayga. Cha bagan ache. Hindu belt. Tribal prochur. Muslim er sonkhya kom. Gari te egote egote jayga gulo bes valo laglo. Ki sundor baansh jhar gulo. Amader garir pichhone ar ekta gari te Polling Party ache. Amader Room 1 ar tader Room 2. Ar amader samne ekta gari te poth dekhiye niye cholechhen amader Sector Officer jar daitte sob miliye pray 10 ta Booth. Darivit bole ekta jaygay ekta More er matha theke dan dike amader gari ta egiye gelo. Nibir gram. Utsahi ojosro chokh. Ektu egiye amader Driver ekjon ke jigges korlen School tar location. Nirdeshito poth e egiye gari ta ekta bes boro cha bagan er modhye diye cholte laglo. Top view dekhle besh koyek acre jure sobuj cha bagn ar tar modhyer rasta diye cholechhe por por 3te gari. Cha bagan periye amader gari birat ekta math er o prante holde rong School e ese daralo. Sundargaon F.P. School. Gari theke neme porlam.

Darjeeling pahare British ra jokhon cha bagan toiri kore tokhon Nepali der modhye pray keu sekhane kaj korte raji hoyni. Baniya British Bihar ar ajker Chhatisgarh mane Saotal Pargana theke shromik niye ase. Ektu valo vabe bachte chawar love katare katare Saotal, Orao, Munda, Maria o onnanyo nana Upojati ra ese jog dey cha shilpe. Nirokhhor shromik der British joriye fele dasotter saap-pyanche. Sudhu matro tipsoi dewar khomota thakar jonne shromik ra bujhteo pareni je sorbonash ta kivabe hoye gelo. Suru hoy soshoner diary. Solpo mojuri, onahar o sondhe belay sostar desi mod. Bagan malik ra ichhe korei shromik basti guloy mod er supply e jor ditto jate nesha vuliya rakhte pare soshon ar bonchona ke. Rupadarshi Gour Kishore Ghosh er Sagina Mahato ei byapare otyonto ullekhjoggo boi. Tapan Sinha’r ciname tao boi tar joggo version transfer.  Ei soshoner protibade aste aste rajnoitik vabe dolbodhho hoy shromik ra ebong koshto kichhu ta komleo ek somoy tara rajnoitik dol gulor hateo soshito hoy. Cha banagner durdoshar khatian bole sesh kora jabe na hoyto. Cha bagan gulo aste aste nesha, oporadh ar deho-byabsar chora-kendra hoye gechhe. Dooars elakey Mal Bazar, Alipurduar, Nagrakata, Birpara pray sob cha kendrik jaygay ek obostha.Pet e bhat jotabar jonne oneke thot er lal lip-stick er upor vorsa rakhchhe. Boro dukhher kotha.

Cha baganer lave r har besi howay Darjeeling er pashapashi Uttar Dinajpur Zilla teo oneke dhan er boodle cha lagachhen. Sundargaon te erokom besh kichu lok achhen. Hoyto kono kale Darjeeling theke cha baganer kaj chhere ese ei sob lok ekhane ese thakte suru koren. Bangladesh thekeo besh kichu manush ese othen ekhane, Sei subade tothakothito Refugee ar Tribal der niye Sundargaon khub sundor ekta jayga. Sondhe belay School e pouchhei alap hoye gelo Para-Military dada der sathe. Bot gachh er moto chehara niye amader ar EVM er nirapottar jonne EC theke motayen kora char jon Jawan. Booth pichhu dujon kore. Dujon Orissa’r. Ar ekjon er bari UP. Infact Banaras er kachhe. Ar ekjoner ghor er kotha ekhon arm one nei. Ektu relax kore kaj e bose gelam. Mane nana rokom sei form-fill up. Kichukhon pore dujon Polling Agent elen. Alap holo. Ekhane kono din kono jhamela hoyni ar hobeona. Unara temon tai bollen. Baire Mohila konther awaz peye baire elam. Dujon lal-par sada saree pore mohila. Self-help group. Vote korte ele erai khabarer jogandar. Presiding Sir er hukul hoye gelo. Ektu pore cha elo. Rat e ruti-torkari elo. Dujoner sathei bes alap jome gelo. Opekhhakrito smart o chotpote jinni tar nam Chandrani Sadhu. Hasi mukhe janalo Chandrani, ekhon to kaje esechhen. Ranna banna sob gotanugotik. Kokhono amader otithi hoye asun. Er theke onek besi appayan korte parbo. Kaj kormo kichu ta egiye mejhe te dhokra pete suye porlam. Sara Bangla’r modhye ekmatro Uttar Dinajpur ei sleeping kit dewa hoyeche. Karon hoyto ei dhokra. Pat er shotoranji type. Besh valoi. Malda ar UD te ei dhokra shilpo khub unnoto. Jodio ekhon pat chas e khamti dekha jachhe. Dhokrar boro carpet o hoy.  Segulo export hoy. Amar dharona chhilo ekdom ghum hobena rat e. Emnio vor 4tey uthe ready hote hobe sobaike. Sob miliye 14 jon lok. Ar bathroom ektai. Bahot na-insafi hain.

Alerm er agei ghum venge gelo. Fajar er namaz er azaner time e. Assalato khairum minon niom. Ghumiye thakar theke namaz pora valo. Ghumiye thakar the Vote newa valo. Sedin azaner emontai mane korechhilam ami. Hiseb kore dekhlam oprotyashitovabe bes valoi ghum hoyeche. 4-5 ghonta moto holeo bes solid. Brush korlam. Ghor e amader 3rd Polling bhai nei. Beriye dekhlam sobe halka ektu alo. Boro khola math er upor osadharon lagchhe. Emon vor to dekhtei paina. Tokhon to ghumai. 3^rd Polling bhai eto valo. School er ektu dure ekta deep tubewell chhilo. Balti amader dewa hoyechhilo. Sathe mug. Uni ek balti jol ene amar samne rekhe bollen, jan bathroom e chole jan. Ami ovivuto hoye gelam. Seriously bolchi nijer elaka theke etodure ei valobasa ami kolpona korini. Hothat dekhi amar Presiding Sir uthe porechhen. Mathay khele gelo unake ekhon hold e diye dite hobe. Chot kore torch niye balti ar towel niye bathroom e chole gelam. Para-Military dada rao tokhono othenni. Bathroom e thakar somoy dorja khulte chawar chestar awaz peyechhilam ekbar. Amol deini. Beriye dekhi onekei jege gechhen. Durer kol par e snan o suru hoye gechhe. Vor bela snan er ovves nei. Chap ta newa uchit hobe na mone holo. Jol er khali bottle chhilo amar kachhe ekta. Seta niye kol er kachhe gelam. Presiding Sir dariye achhen. Balti hat e niye. Jol vore snan korben. Amay dekhe hasimukhe bollen, apni bathroom e chhilen? Dekhlam somoy kom tai odike mathei…….. Ami hese fellam. Jole bottle ta vore niye matha ta samne jhukiye matha borabor dhele dilam jolt a. Splash done. Fire ese ready hoye nilam. Motamuti 5.15 baje. Cha aseni. Bag e khabar ache kintu apatoto khide nei. Ektu porei Polling Agent ra chole asben. Amra sobai ready. Booth o ready. Baire elam. Puropuri alo fute gechhe.Meghla akash. Ekdom groom nei. Hothat samne ektu dure ekta pakhi ure gelo. Sposhto dekhlam take. Ei prothom. Etodin nam suneo dekhte na pawar akhhep ta uriye diye gelo se. Shah Bulbul. Asian Paradise Fly Catcher. Banglay bole Dudhraj.Jothartho nam. Sada ga ar birat lomba sada lej. Mon vore gelo. Vote hok ar jai hok, pakhi to dekhboi.

Kichukhon porei Polling Agent ra chole elen. Mock Poll suru hoye gelo. Ei somoy EVM e thik moto Vote porchhe kina seta Polling Agent der dekhiye taderke Mock Poll Certificate dite hoy. Thik 7.00 tay Poll start hoye gelo. Mock Poll er somoy thekei EC theke sms asa suru hoye gelo. Amio thik somoy moto nijeder Repoting sms gulo pathate suru kore dilam. 1st Male Voter ar 1^st Female Voter ke Certificate dewa holo. Voter ra eke eke aste thaklen ar ami Electoral Roll e tader verify kore Polling Agent der dike takai. Tader miliye newa hoye gele Voter giye Vote diye den. Polling Agent der kachheo Electoral Roll thake. Voter ra VI Card mane EPIC ba Voter Slip niye aschilen. Voter Slip gulo ebare EC thekei issue kora. Cholte thaklo Vote grohon. Sotyi bolte ki each and every moment enjoy korte thaklam. Chandrani misti hese cha diye gelo. Khelam. Bag theke biscuit ber kore khete khete Vote nichhi. Polling Agent ra vison vodro o porosporer bondhu. Ei prothom bar Vote newa. Er age sudhu Vote diyechi. NIjer jaygay. Ar Vote nichhi nijer bari theke pray 500 kms ero besi durotte bose. Onabil  hasimakha mukhgulo. Votadhikar proyog korte esechen sobai. Jeno Vote ekta utsab. Budhu Soren, Madhab Orao, Santosh Das, Pritilata Baske, Noor Jahan Begum. Berei chollo list ta. Saotal, Orao, Munda, bangali Hindura ar Muslim ra line kore dariye Vote dilo. Vote dewar por 17A te signature korte hoy. Signature na korte parle Thumb Impression. Ek kom boyesi Muslim meye ke TI er kotha boltei se gorber much niye janalo je se signature korbe.Bujhla amar Bharat egochhe. Hoyto aste aste. Kintu egochhe. Ei sudur gram e jekhane sondhe 7.00 ar rat 2.300 er modhye kono tofat nei, rat e sial er awaj sona jay, onek gulo gram er jonne ektai High School, Primary School er obostha otyonto sochonio sekhane kono ekti byakti tao se eke Muslim tay meye, Jodi egiye ese bole je se tipsoi dewar boodle signature korbe, seta khub guruttopurno ekta byapar. Ei cha bagan ghera aranyak prokriti te dariye upolobdhi korar ekta alada matra ache. Uttar Dinajpur khub pichiye pora ekta Zilla. Islampur Sub-Division ta age Bihar e chhilo. Ekhon Bengal e. Ei transferred territory te onek ovab. Lokjon kintu darun sorol. Ei gramyo sarolyo tai voriye rakhlo saradin. Dupure Chandrani dal, bhat, ekta mixed sobji ar mach khawalo. Mach her jhol ta ektu jhal chhilo. Chandrani ar tar sohochori khub jotno niye poribeshan koreche. 5.00 tay Vote mite gelo. Abar papers niye boslam. Sector Officer ese gelen. Chandrani ese bollo, Jodi kichu vul truti hoye thake tahole kichu mone korben na. Hese fellam.  8.15 nagad beriye porlam. Kichu kaj baki chilo tokhono. RC te pouche baki kaj gulo guchhate holo. Ek plate momo khelam. Sob mitiye jokhon bari firlam tokhon rat 1.00 baje.  By the way, DC theke RC obdhi amar Presiding Sir 3 packet cigarette kheye chhilen. Ami 2 packet. 1^st Polling hisebe amar to ekta kortobyo ache. J