A team of polling officials trekked over two days through treacherous terrain to set up a polling booth for a single voter - 44-year-old Sokela Tayang, the only voter in her village, Malogam - in a remote area of Arunachal Pradesh close to the China border.
Tayang voted for the Lok Sabha polls at 1 pm on today, April 19, poll officials said.
Commenting on the matter, Chief Electoral Officer, Arunachal, Pawan Kumar Sain, had said earlier that it was "not always about numbers, but to ensure that every citizen gets his or her voice heard. Sokela Tayang’s vote is a testament to our commitment to inclusivity and equality.”
There are very few families in Malogam, and all but Tayang are registered voters in other polling booths. But she is not willing to shift to any other polling booth.
To enable Tayang to cast her vote the polling team, other security personnel and porters, trekked through the inhospitable hilly terrain with the weather changing minute by minute on the way, officials said.
The village is in the Hayuliang assembly seat and in the Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency where the contest will be between Bosiram Siram of the Congress party and Tapir Gao of the BJP.
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