Beltangady: Inspiring - Bereft of hands, Sabita Monis votes with leg
Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady (SP)
Beltangady, May 6: On a day when a large number of able-bodied voters decided to stay away from polling booths rather than exercising their right to vote and support democracy, a woman who has no hands, came to the polling booth and used her toes to vote for the candidate of her choice.
The incident occurred on Sunday May 5 at Pandangady in the taluk.
Sabita Monis from Padangady Gardady, is employed at Alva’s College Moodbidri. Although the officers on poll duty were instructed to apply indelible ink to the ring finger of the voter’s left hand, the officials had to make an exception in Sabita’s case. They applied ink on her toe in place of finger.
Sabita had completed her education by using her legs in place of hands, and has been on par with the able-bodies persons in everything she does.
Absence of hands has never dampened her spirits, and her determination to vote in the election definitely conveyed a clear message to the people who stayed home out of inertia and failed to be a part of the election process.