Ever since he became eligible to vote, Andheri resident Vinayak Kelkar never gave voting a miss. Adamant about not skipping vote, he asked his family to take permission from the hospital so that he can be transported to a polling station to cast his vote. We called arranged for an ambulance and took him to the poll booth that was around 10 minutes away from the hospital," said Manisha Kelkar, daughter-in-law of Vinayak Kelkar. Speaking about her father-in-law's adamancy to vote, Manisha said, "Till date, he has never ever skipped voting. He has been on a wheelchair since last two years, still, he went to vote for BMC election," she added.

Source: dna May 01, 2019 00:45 UTC