This is the first post on the web site, which boasts of giving only positive news, that can be said is related to politics. However, the edit team gave serious consideration and thought it fit to post here as this is a motivational piece to see that elections are fair, the right candidate is elected by voters without fear. And imagine this 89 year old lady had the courage to protest against high handedness. The country needs more of such fighters to save our democracy. And because of this we are posting this story under the section of 'Prerna Srotra', a motivator - Editor.
Eighty-nine-year-old Rani Kar looks frail, but is a woman of indomitable spirit. This Lok Sabha polls, she has taken it upon herself to make sure that people can exercise their right to vote without fear in West Bengal’s Raiganj, which goes to polls on Thursday.
The 2017 civic polls and the 2018 panchayat polls in West Bengal witnessed violence and the Opposition alleged that people could not vote at many places.
On April 11, a day before the first phase of polling, her sons accompanied Rani to the office of the district magistrate who is also the district election officer and submitted a letter, seeking permission to form a human chain in support of the constitutional right of citizens.
Read more of this in a report by Ravik Bhattacharya published in The Indian Express...
