3 Mute Sisters From India's 'Silent Village' Eager To Vote For 1st Time
NDTV
The hilltop tribal village, 105 km from Bhaderwah town, is home to 105 families. Of these, 55 families mysteriously have at least one person who can neither speak nor listen.
Three mute sisters of Dadhkai village, also known as the 'silent village' of India and situated in Jammu and Kashmir's Gandoh area of Doda district, are eagerly waiting to cast their votes for the first time besides inspiring the other villagers to vote. Doda: Three mute sisters of Dadhkai Panchayat in J&K's Gandoh also known as silent village of India are enthusiastically preparing to cast their vote tomorrow and also inspiring others to participate in the festival of democracy.Report: @tnkyz@harvinder_ias@dcdodaofficialpic.twitter.com/Lug3pQzMpS
Doda is part of the Udhampur parliamentary constituency which is going to polls in the first phase on Friday (April 19) to decide the fate of 12 candidates including Union minister Jitendra Singh of the BJP, former MP Choudhary Lal Singh of the Congress and former minister G M Saroori of the DPAP.
The hilltop tribal village, 105 km from Bhaderwah town, is home to 105 families. Of these, 55 families mysteriously have at least one person who can neither speak nor listen. There are 84 such people in the village, of which 43 are women and 14 children below 10 years.
