100 years old and still voting
11 months, 3 weeks ago

100 years old and still voting

The Hindu  

Curled up under a multicoloured sheet on a folding bed, Kela Devi’s frail body goes easily unnoticed. Khaat bhi paar nahi hoti.” A resident of Haryana’s Nuh, Devi says she has voted throughout her life, but doing so this year looks difficult. “I remember Subhas Chandra Bose, and even the day Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane crash in 1980,” she says, adding that she will never forget late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s 1971 election campaign slogan, ‘Garibi Hatao ’. “Booth Level Officers will visit those aged over 85 to give them the form, and will collect it soon after,” says Nishant Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram. “Going by my experience, the number of centenarian voters could be, at the most, inflated by 10-15%,” he says.

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The Hindu  

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5 years, 1 month ago

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India TV News  

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Live Mint  

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