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Poll-O-Meter: Camel vs Buffalo
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Picture credit: commons.wikimedia.org/ Alexandr frolov
Picture credit: commons.wikimedia.org/ Alexandr frolov

Year: 1957

Place: Rajasthan

A visually-challenged woman wanted the presiding officer to put her ballot paper which had the symbol “Buffalo” in the box.

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Her reasoning was that her husband had already voted for the symbol “Camel” and that she wanted to vote for a “Buffalo” as they had only these two animals at home. Unfortunately for her, “Buffalo” was not an approved symbol. And she refused to vote.

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(Published 13 March 2019, 14:38 IST)