105-year-old woman votes in Bandipora
Bandipora: A 105-year-old woman voter was among the electorate who exercised their franchise in Arin block of Bandipora district on Thursday during fifth phase of DDC elections held across Jammu and Kashmir.
The aged woman voter Saja Begum’s son, Ayaz Lone, who carried her to the polling station at Arin, said: “My mother told us in the morning that she will cast her vote for the benefit of her family members and people in general.”
A beaming Saja Begum said that she has been a regular voter and didn’t want to miss her chance even today.
“I would appeal to all voters to come out and cast their votes,” she said. “Peoples’ problems will be solved only when they cast their votes otherwise there will be no representative here and we cannot complain to anyone.”
“We have hundreds of young educated youth and their parents have spent a lot of money to educate them but still they are looking for the jobs as there are no oppurtunities for them. I came here and cast my vote so that we can raise such issues with our elected representatives,” she added.
“I want to tell these leaders. Now we are tired while people here also seem upset now as all the politicians have failed to address the issues of people,” she said.
The aged woman voter said when the young people are deprived of their rights it will definitely have a negative impact on their minds and they would lose faith in the system.
“Unemployment will lead to bad atmosphere in the region. I have four children, who are qualified but still are jobless due to corrupted officers,” she said.
She also said that, “We have been deprived of our basic day to day needs. Development is seen nowhere, power supply is not being provided on regular basis and there are many more problems we are facing that need to be addressed,” she added. (KNO)
