Bengaluru: In the festival of democracy, the people of Karnataka have enthusiastically thronged the polling booths of their respective constituencies and exercised their franchise. Knowing the importance of voting in a democracy, a young woman, who is working in the United States, took time off from her hectic schedule and visited Bengaluru to cast her valuable vote.
Meghna hailing from Basavanagudi constituency has been working in the United States. She came to Basavanagudi to cast her vote. This was her second visit to her native state for voting. Meghna set an example for others that voting was the prime duty of every citizen. While in another case, a voter from the United States after spending a good sum of money on an air ticket, visited Taralabalu city of Davangere, to exercise his franchise. Despite coming from a faraway place, software engineer Raghavendra Kamalakara Shet was disappointed not to find his name on the voters' list.
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Raghavendra, who has been living in America for the past 15 years, came to India on a week's leave. He visited two polling stations to find out his name. But his efforts went in vain. Raghavendra said, "I suspected that my name was tagged with a particular political party. That's why my name was struck off from the voters' list. It was of no use covering a distance of 14,000 km to come to my native state to cast a vote." "When I visited the polling station at Maganur Basappa School, the polling officials on duty told me that my name has been deleted," Raghavendra said, adding, "My name was not restored despite reminders to the authorities concerned."
