Delhi polls: 86-year-old votes despite no wheelchair to get her to booth

Delhi polls: 86-year-old votes despite no wheelchair to get her to booth

Sandip Roy December 4, 2013, 12:40:08 IST

Devi, who is unable to hear anymore, told Firstpost’s Sandip Roy the reason she still came to a booth to vote despite the inconvenience.

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Delhi polls: 86-year-old votes despite no wheelchair to get her to booth

Not voted yet? Feeling lazy? Take some inspiration from 86-year-old Rukmani Devi who turned up to vote being carried in a chair by her grandsons.

Rukmani Devi after casting her vote. Pic: Sandip Roy

Sitting in a blue chair that was carried by her grandsons, Devi said that she has been voting all her life. And why was she in a chair? Because there’s no wheelchair in a booth.

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Devi, who is unable to hear anymore, told Firstpost the reason she still came to a booth to vote despite the inconvenience.

“I don’t want my vote going to waste,” she said.

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