The Pink booths built for the convenience of women in Betul district are centers of attraction. Here women were seen taking selfies along with voting enthusiastically.
Leena and Pankaj Sahu who had come to vote with their 3-month-old infant at the Pink booth in Ambedkar Community Building of Betul first took a selfie. They said that such good facilities and decoration is motivating voters to vote. Ninety-year-old Ramji Panwar of Biroli polling centre of Multai assembly segment and disabled voter Anil Panwar of Vinoba ward polling centre Betul assembly segment, praised the voting facilities at the booth.
Jyoti Tandilkar came to vote with her month -old child at Belkund polling booth in Bhainsdehi assembly segment. They said that due to good arrangements, they did not have any difficulty in voting. Betul Collector Tarun Pithode and Superintendent of Police Kartikeyan also stood in the line to vote.
In the second phase of election in the state, the grooms stopped their marriage procession and cast their vote before moving ahead. Rajesh Alune of Betul Bazaar in Betul district, Keshav Prajapati of Devri in Sagar district and Subhash Kaurav in Nayakheda village of Narsinghpur first stopped to vote then only their marriage procession proceeded.
The marriage rituals of Pooja Rajak were going on at Kekra village in Gadarwara Vidhan Sabha segment. Preparations for haldi ceremony were in progress. When Pooja insisted on voting before this ritual, the family was shocked. Eventually, they yielded to her decision. Pooja reached the polling booth and exercised her right to franchise.
Retired Professor, 82-year-old Bhagchand Jain reached the polling booth no. 157 at New Police Line of Damoh district headquarters with the help of a stick. He was accompanied by his wife Saroj Sandheliya and daughter-in-law Sudha.
Seventy five-year-old Jalam alias Babulal was quiet excited to vote through a machine. He cast his vote at JPB School polling centre. He said that he had voted several times in his life but this is the first time he has voted through an EVM.