A 102-year-old man, suffering from a heart ailment, went straight to a polling booth to cast his vote after being discharged from a hospital in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Monday.
Ibrahim Alim Joad, who, according to his family, has never missed voting since Independence, consulted his doctors before going to vote. After he was granted permission, the centenarian was taken directly from the Jehangir Hospital to a polling booth in Wadgaon Sheri constituency where he cast his vote along with around 50 other voters from his own family, his grandson Tanveer Joad said.
He was admitted to the hospital four days back for a heart ailment, he said. “He has never missed voting since Independence. So while he was in the hospital, he expressed his resolve to cast the vote this time also. After consultation with his doctors, he was given permission to cast his vote,” the grandson said.