<p>Senior citizens seemed to be among the most enthusiastic voters on Wednesday with many even on wheelchairs accompanying their family members.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Eighty-three-year-old Ishwar Parkash Gupta was the centre of attention at a polling both in Punjabi Bagh under Madipur constituency in west Delhi. <br /><br />“My wheelchair bound father wanted to vote at any cost. He did so with all of us at 3 pm,” Gupta’s son Rakesh said. Gupta has never missed an opportunity to vote in the past 15 years despite being an asthma patient.<br /><br />In east Delhi’s Trilokpuri, an elderly couple said they have been voting for 50 years.<br />“The election this time is very interesting due to involvement of three parties, that’s why more and more people are taking out time to vote today,” 79-year-old Shyam Lal told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Shyam’s wife said she was excited for the day and even made her daughter-in-law to get up early for voting. <br /><br />“I woke Priyanka at 6 am and asked her to get ready and go to the polling station and vote before even making breakfast,” 72-year-old Rama Devi said.<br /><br />In south Delhi’s Aya Nagar, 74-year-old Subhash Jain said he decided against wasting his vote and told his grandchildren to accompany him. <br /><br />“We must ensure that a corruption-free government is elected for continuous development of the capital,” Jain added.<br /><br />‘Different this time’<br /><br />Jain said the capital has always seen a fight only between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. <br /><br />“The rise of Aam Aadmi Party as a major party and ‘none of the above option’ is different from what a voter has seen over the years,” he said.<br /><br />However, most of the senior citizens complained that not enough arrangements were made by the Election Commission to provide easy access to polling stations. <br /><br />“We had to walk a long way from the main gate to the polling booth. Wheelchairs and adequate ramp for wheelchairs were also missing,” Shyam said. <br /></p>
<p>Senior citizens seemed to be among the most enthusiastic voters on Wednesday with many even on wheelchairs accompanying their family members.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Eighty-three-year-old Ishwar Parkash Gupta was the centre of attention at a polling both in Punjabi Bagh under Madipur constituency in west Delhi. <br /><br />“My wheelchair bound father wanted to vote at any cost. He did so with all of us at 3 pm,” Gupta’s son Rakesh said. Gupta has never missed an opportunity to vote in the past 15 years despite being an asthma patient.<br /><br />In east Delhi’s Trilokpuri, an elderly couple said they have been voting for 50 years.<br />“The election this time is very interesting due to involvement of three parties, that’s why more and more people are taking out time to vote today,” 79-year-old Shyam Lal told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Shyam’s wife said she was excited for the day and even made her daughter-in-law to get up early for voting. <br /><br />“I woke Priyanka at 6 am and asked her to get ready and go to the polling station and vote before even making breakfast,” 72-year-old Rama Devi said.<br /><br />In south Delhi’s Aya Nagar, 74-year-old Subhash Jain said he decided against wasting his vote and told his grandchildren to accompany him. <br /><br />“We must ensure that a corruption-free government is elected for continuous development of the capital,” Jain added.<br /><br />‘Different this time’<br /><br />Jain said the capital has always seen a fight only between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. <br /><br />“The rise of Aam Aadmi Party as a major party and ‘none of the above option’ is different from what a voter has seen over the years,” he said.<br /><br />However, most of the senior citizens complained that not enough arrangements were made by the Election Commission to provide easy access to polling stations. <br /><br />“We had to walk a long way from the main gate to the polling booth. Wheelchairs and adequate ramp for wheelchairs were also missing,” Shyam said. <br /></p>
