She may be India’s best-known rights activist with millions of followers across the world but back home in Manipur, Irom Sharmila has no legal identification document. But she has no documents to establish even her citizenship--no permanent account number (PAN) card, bank account or voter identity card – which are necessary for her to fight the polls. Her friends say they have begun the legwork to get Sharmila the documents she needs to prove her citizenship and subsequently enter electoral politics. Being Irom Sharmila: The icon who dared to be human and spoke of love“Her campaign, if at all she ends up in politics, needs to be crowd-funded. If people abandon me, I will go away, leave Manipur: Irom SharmilaThe other three--Ranjita, Monica and Reetika--have been staying with Sharmila in her hospital ward since August 9.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2016 08:21 UTC