Twin brothers defy cerebral palsy, cast votes first time

  • | Saturday | 11th February, 2017

Meerut: Twin brothers with cerebral palsy defied their physical limitations to cast ballots for the first time in the Uttar Pradesh elections on Saturday.The impairment, though, does not let Ayush and Piyush Goel, 21, speak or write properly, missing their first opportunity to vote was something they were not ready for. But, they went to the polling booth in a car.”Both are students of BA first year at a Meerut College; however, Ayush claims himself to be five minutes older than Piyush. We did not let anybody influence our decision,” said Piyush. They completed their schooling from Shanti Niketan Vidyapeeth last year with and pulled off a miracle by acing boards.Ayush and Piyush said, “Despite being 18-year-old, we could not vote in 2014 because we didn’t have voter id. While one voted for a political party, the other did not find a suitable candidate and opted for NOTA (None of The Above) option.Their father R K Goel said, “Both cast their votes at a polling booth located at the office of the executive engineer, tubewell division, which is just 250 m from our residence in Balwant Nagar.

Meerut: Twin brothers with cerebral palsy defied their physical limitations to cast ballots for the first time in the Uttar Pradesh elections on Saturday.The impairment, though, does not let Ayush and Piyush Goel, 21, speak or write properly, missing their first opportunity to vote was something they were not ready for. While one voted for a political party, the other did not find a suitable candidate and opted for NOTA (None of The Above) option.Their father R K Goel said, “Both cast their votes at a polling booth located at the office of the executive engineer, tubewell division, which is just 250 m from our residence in Balwant Nagar. But, they went to the polling booth in a car.”Both are students of BA first year at a Meerut College; however, Ayush claims himself to be five minutes older than Piyush. They completed their schooling from Shanti Niketan Vidyapeeth last year with and pulled off a miracle by acing boards.Ayush and Piyush said, “Despite being 18-year-old, we could not vote in 2014 because we didn’t have voter id. This was our first chance, which we could have not missed.”They said they had been reading about Uttar Pradesh’s politics for the past three months to make up their mind as to whom they would vote.“We used to read a lot about various political parties and arrived at a conclusion before voting. We did not let anybody influence our decision,” said Piyush.

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