PPP pays tribute to ballot box martyrs on 52nd anniversary of tragedy
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) held a wreath-laying ceremony on Wednesday to mark the 52nd anniversary of the deaths of Jagan Ramessar and Bholanauth Parmanand, more popularly known as the Ballot Box Martyrs.
On Election Day, July 16, 1973, Bholanauth and Ramessar were part of a crowd gathered outside a polling station at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), in protest. They were demonstrating against the removal of ballot boxes from the place of poll at the end of voting.
The protesters demanded that the ballots be counted at the place of poll before being transported elsewhere. During the protest, Bholanauth and Ramessar were shot and killed by ranks of the Guyana Defence Force.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) held a wreath-laying ceremony on Wednesday to mark the 52nd anniversary of the deaths of Jagan Ramessar and Bholanauth Parmanand, more popularly known as the Ballot Box Martyrs.
