Persons with disabilities have demanded at least 3% reservation
for them in the General Elections and urban local body polls. They said
though the disabled constitute a sizeable number of voters, they are
being neglected by political parties. If the parties don't give them
reservation then they said they would skip the polls.
"According to rough estimate, persons with disabilities constitute
around 6% of the total voters. But none of the political parties show
any concern towards them. If we don't have our representatives then we
will not vote," said convener of Odisha State Disability Federation
Sanyas Behera.
Source : TOI , Bhubaneshwar ( 3rd March 2013 )
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