Denied right to vote
With high expectations, my grandmother decided to exercise her right to vote in an election after seven long years. However, she was (not surprisingly) turned down when she arrived at the venue of BIT school in Gulshan-1. Unfortunately, my grandmother has been unable to walk in the past few years, and when she arrived at the venue she could not climb up the flight of stairs to give her vote. My question is, after so many months of preparation to make our country a democratic state, is this what our country has to offer to senior and disabled citizens? My grandmother, Khaleda Manzur I Khuda, is a registered voter. There were many others at the polling station in wheelchair who could not vote, and I could not help notice an elderly man cry in his wheelchair as he could not vote. The staff were not cooperative as usual. Why is it such a problem to make a minor arrangement for senior and disabled citizens so that they can have their right to elect a democratic government?
This is indeed appalling and I would highly appreciate if a newspaper like DS could carry a report and point out this issue.
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