Among those who were seen encouraging others to vote included youth, first time voters, senior citizens, disabled and seriously ill patients as well
Surat: Walking past Covid-19 fears, many voters reached the polling booths early on Sunday to cast their votes in the municipal elections, calling it the most important task for any citizen. Among those who were seen encouraging others to vote included youth, first time voters, senior citizens, disabled and seriously ill patients as well. Many a bride and grooms too were seen coming to cast their ballot before making it to their respective wedding venues.
And of course, what is an election if there are no gimmicks? True to this, polling booth in Althan was left astounded when 67-year-old farmer, Hasmukh Patel, arrived on his horse to cast his ballot. His son Divyesh told the media that this was his father’s unique method of encouraging people to vote.
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Rajkot: A 22-year-old groom of Bhavnagar breached wedding protocols literally to exercise his franchise rights as a citizen. “Generally, as per tradition, grooms aren’t allowed to go outside a day before marriage. But this was a voting day and when Kamlesh expressed his desire to vote, we all accompanied him and performed our duty as a citizen,” said Jay, a cousin of groom Kamlesh Parmar (22) who kept his pre-wedding rituals in abeyance on Sunday.
Kamlesh, dressed up in wedding finery reached the Bol Talav polling booth of ward number nine along with other baraatis and didn’t let wedding or guests disrupt his date with the poll. Till date, Kamlesh claims he has never missed voting in any election.