Halt elections till beggars get right to vote
Mangaluru: The ‘Dari’ organization that has gained attention through various social activities has come up with a new demand seeking right to vote for beggars.
In a letter addressed to the chief electoral officer of Karnataka, Ravi Bangera -- convener of the organization, said the constitution guarantees right to vote to every Indian citizen except beggars. Polls must be put on hold until beggars get voting power.
Ravi Bangera has also written that five percent of the population in the state has taken to begging for their survival. He also has mentioned about the plight of people living in rehabilitation centers and shelters. Are they not the citizens of India? Is it not true that even a single vote for a candidate plays an important role as per the constitution in forming a government under democracy," he said.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
