Friends Yesterday, casting away my apathy and cynicism, I finally ventured to cast my vote. Accessibility, as promised and directed by ECI was conspicuous by its absence. No ballot paper/list of candidates with their symbols was available in Braille at the polling booth, though I opine that one such list per booth is sufficient. Labeling on EVM was on half of buttons, starting from number 18, on winch curiously, there were no representatives to be chosen.
I believe it is the case of accessibility spreading slowly to less important areas like Nagpur. Hope our brethren would get accessible polls in Mumbai, Delhi or other important cities. I did report the case to local news papers. Would complaining to ECI, make a difference in the long run? I am hearing that poll officials were also blissfully ignorant of rule 49o of election conduct rules. Two cheers to democracy. Rajesh Asudani Manager Reserve Bank of India Nagpur 09420397185 O: 0712 2806676 Res: 0712 2591349 Does Lord expect daylabour, light denied? John Milton ________________________________ Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
