Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 78-Year-Old Kerala Man Votes Dressed As Woman Due To An Error In Voter ID Card
All 20 constituencies in Kerala voted in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024?on Friday.?The fate of 194 candidates?was decided?by over 2.75 crore voters in the southern state. While several booths across the state witnessed long queues of voters since morning, a polling station in the Kollam Lok Sabha?constituency in southern Kerala?had a unique voter.
Voter dress as woman?
78-year-old Rajendra Prasad showed up at his polling booth in Ezhukone?on Friday?to cast his vote.?In a video that has gone viral on social media, the?elderly man?is heard?saying that?he voted as a woman.
As per local media reports, this was Prasad's way of protesting against an error on his voter ID card. Apparently, on Prasad's Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC)?his gender?is wrongly marked as female.
If EC says I am a woman...
"I voted as a woman. Like the Supreme Court of India, the Election Commission of India is the apex body?and?you can't oppose what they say.?If the Election Commission says that I am a woman, I am one?and?that?is how it is.?That is why I voted in the Lok Sabha Elections as a woman," Prasad?is heard?saying in the viral video.
How to fix errors in Voters ID card
It should be noted?that it is not uncommon to find errors?including?wrong name, address, date of birth, and more on the voter ID card.?But?the?Election Commission has made it relatively easy to fix these errors by submitting the relevant?documents, either online or offline.
Voting in Kerala
According to the Election Commission, Kerala?recorded a voter turnout of 70.21?per cent?on Friday, with the Wayanad constituency having the highest electoral participation (72.70?per cent).
Among the candidates whose?fate?were decided on Friday include former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, union ministers Rajeev Chandrasekhar and V Muraleedharan, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor actor Suresh Gopi?and?former Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja.
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