Senior citizens, first-time voters turn flag bearers in sixth phase

HaryanaDelhiJharkhand Visibly enthusiastic firsttime voters and senior citizens were among those who exercised their franchise early morning on Sunday at different polling booths across the six states and capital of DelhiDangal2019 Voting for the Phase6 of the LokSabhaElections2019 underway Senior citizens arrive on wheelchairs at a polling booth in EastDelhis LaxmiNagar to exercise their franchise Photo IANS pictwittercomTgChoYieXjmdash IANS Tweets ians_india May 12 2019As soon as polling began at 7 am a considerable number of young firsttimers voters and senior citizens were seen waiting in queues Wheelchairbound Inderjeet Kaur cast her vote at a polling booth in Haryanas Panchkula district and appealed to all to come out and take part Everyone should vote it should not be wasted I just wish that a good candidate wins 86yearold Kaur told ANIDelhis oldest voter 111year old BachanSingh cast his vote at a polling booth in WestDelhis TilakNagar on May 12VotingRound6 Dangal2019 LokSabhaElections2019 Phase6Photo IANS pictwittercomGsSkF4ZgHRmdash IANS Tweets ians_india May 12 2019Similarly in Karnal one of the senior citizen couples who arrived at a polling booth to cast their vote urged for a larger turnout We are here to vote because we believe that country should move forward Everyone must vote the couple saidEightytwoyearold voter Ratan Chand Mehta from Delhi said This is an election for the Centre and central government has to deal with international issues as well He also said that there was no difficulty in commuting to the polling stationAll the 10 LokSabha seats of Haryana went to the polls amid tight security in the penultimate phase of generalelections on May 12LokSabhaElections2019 Dangal2019Photo IANS pictwittercomcB9hCLq8EAmdash IANS Tweets ians_india May 12 2019Another octogenarian 84yearold KT Thomas who also cast his vote at a polling booth in Delhi said it was the 14th time he is participating in an electoral exercise In Delhi police officials were seen extending a helping hand to senior citizens in casting their votesIn Jharkhands Dhanbad a patient undergoing dialysis Sangeeta said she came straight from the hospital to cast her vote It is my right to cast vote she enthusiastically saidGiving the seniors company were firsttime voters who were excited about their debut A first time voter from Delhi said I was very excited to exercise my right to vote for the first time I came early to avoid the rush I want to say to everyone to go vote Voting is important if people want to be heardTwo sisters Anisha Kothari and Rakhi Kothari also exercised their franchise for the first time in Delhi Sanitation and womens safety are the main issues along with reservation in education institutions We are voting to get a say in decision making they saidVoting for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls began on Sunday morning A total of 59 seats from six states and one Union Territory are polling today The final phase of polling will be held on May 19 and counting of votes will take place on May 23Catch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates