JAIPUR: Ditching the facility of voting from home, many octogenariansnonagenarians and even centenarians from the state capital stepped out and cast their votes from polling booths.
85-year-old Jitender Pal, also partially paralysed, who cast his vote from Raja Park booth said that the concept of home votingmade him feel like he is physically disabled.”I can still walk around and was able to reach the polling booth. I have been coming out to vote since my younger days. I don’t want to feel that I am incapable, hence I came here,” he said. There was a facility of e-rickshaw pick up and drop forsenior citizens who came out to vote in almost all the constituencies.
Another octogenarian, Kashmiri Lal Kataria, came on a wheelchair to vote after getting discharged from a hospital on Friday. He didn’t agree to choose home voting because he wanted to visit the booth and see which party is putting in more effort. “He was battling with jaundice and hence had to be admitted to hospital, but because he was keen on voting, he insisted on getting discharged on Friday,” added his son.
Like them, there were other senior citizens also, who opted to vote from the booth instead from home. Parvati Devi, 86, arrived at one of the polling stations in Kishanpole constituency, accompanied by her daughter-in-law, Gunjan Mathur.
Barely able to walk, Parvati said in a gibberish tone that she wanted to witness the atmosphere inside the polling booth and hence chose to vote from the booth.
85-year-old Jitender Pal, also partially paralysed, who cast his vote from Raja Park booth said that the concept of home votingmade him feel like he is physically disabled.”I can still walk around and was able to reach the polling booth. I have been coming out to vote since my younger days. I don’t want to feel that I am incapable, hence I came here,” he said. There was a facility of e-rickshaw pick up and drop forsenior citizens who came out to vote in almost all the constituencies.
Another octogenarian, Kashmiri Lal Kataria, came on a wheelchair to vote after getting discharged from a hospital on Friday. He didn’t agree to choose home voting because he wanted to visit the booth and see which party is putting in more effort. “He was battling with jaundice and hence had to be admitted to hospital, but because he was keen on voting, he insisted on getting discharged on Friday,” added his son.
Like them, there were other senior citizens also, who opted to vote from the booth instead from home. Parvati Devi, 86, arrived at one of the polling stations in Kishanpole constituency, accompanied by her daughter-in-law, Gunjan Mathur.
Barely able to walk, Parvati said in a gibberish tone that she wanted to witness the atmosphere inside the polling booth and hence chose to vote from the booth.