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Last wish fulfilled, old age home votes
Updated On: 14 October, 2009 07:54 AM IST | | Vinod Kumar Menon
Sonia Gandhi's kin, other senior citizens did not vote in LS polls as the Worli centre was not given permanent residence status
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Sonia Gandhi's kin, other senior citizens did not vote in LS polls as the Worli centre was not given permanent residence status
Nargis Gandhi is a distant relative of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. But she wasn't able to vote in the April 30 Lok Sabha elections.
Yesterday, however, Nargis was jubilant after casting her vote with her 15 fellow inmates of The Lotus Home, Worli, for the Assembly polls.
None of the 16 inmates of The Lotus Home, a centre for educated women senior citizens run by the Maharashtra State Women Council, could vote in April, because the electoral authorities did not consider it their permanent residential address.
"I was deprived of my constitutional right to vote during the Lok Sabha elections. But today I feel proud of being a good citizen by casting my vote," said Nargis, who works as a secretary for a reputed cardiologist in Peddar Road.
Nargis Gandhi is a distant relative of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. But she wasn't able to vote in the April 30 Lok Sabha elections.
Yesterday, however, Nargis was jubilant after casting her vote with her 15 fellow inmates of The Lotus Home, Worli, for the Assembly polls.
None of the 16 inmates of The Lotus Home, a centre for educated women senior citizens run by the Maharashtra State Women Council, could vote in April, because the electoral authorities did not consider it their permanent residential address.
"I was deprived of my constitutional right to vote during the Lok Sabha elections. But today I feel proud of being a good citizen by casting my vote," said Nargis, who works as a secretary for a reputed cardiologist in Peddar Road.
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