UP polls: Too young but eagerly awaiting turn

Agra | Saturday | 11th February, 2017

Summary:

AGRA: Standing in a queue along with their parents at polling stations, young kids aspire to become voters. "Not satisfied with the answers the two insisted their parents to take them near EVM machine in polling booth. Though hesitant to allow small kids near the voting machine, polling officer asked the two not to touch anything but to observe their parents when they vote. ""My elder son has polled his vote for the first time, while my daughter has to wait for at least nine more years to cast her vote," he said. "Replying with a smile on the innocent question of the two, Vivek Sarabhoy, a senior lawyer in district court, explained "You need to learn a lot before playing this complicated game of pressing buttons to choose leader..