Nineteen-year-old ace archer Deepika Kumari casted her first vote at booth number 29 of a Middle School at Ratu on Thursday. Notably, she is presently undergoing her coaching at JRD Tata complex, Jamshedpur, under the supervision of coach cum Dronacharya awardee Purnima Mahato for the preliminary stages of 2014 Archery World Cup scheduled from April 22 to 27.
According to her parents, she had came Ranchi on Wednesday evening around 6pm to cast her vote and left for the complex in the morning after casting her vote at 7:15 am. “She was extremely excited,” her mother said.
Deepika’s first time vote information was published by The Pioneer on March 31 while she was participating in TATA National Ranking Archery Tournament-second stage at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on March 30.
Speaking about her recent plans, her parents said that she will soon depart for New Delhi and then to Shangai for the upcoming world cup.
“We three together went for voting. It was a great feeling,” her father Shivanarayan said.