Kerala polls: For 70-year-old Rajan, democracy lies in finger not inked

Express News Service
THRISSUR: For each voter exercising their franchise, the ink mark utilized to their index finger as they go to the polling sales space is an emblem of their democratic privilege. But for PR Rajan, 70, democracy lies within the selection to not get his finger inked.

The Manalur native, who realised he had an allergic response to the indelible ink after he solid his vote throughout the 2016 meeting polls, was armed with a medical certificates for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, which allowed him to place his foot down and inform the polling brokers to chorus from making use of the ink on him.

This time too, he carried a certificates and solid his vote with out getting his finger inked.

“The ink had become a huge problem for me in 2016. I felt a burning sensation soon after it was applied. Soon, rashes broke out on my arm and I consulted a doctor. That’s when I realised the ink was the villain,” he mentioned. Rajan is glad he had the privilege of getting the stringent rule modified for him, permitting him to solid his vote as soon as once more.