Amidst the below par turnout of voters in Pune on Tuesday, one family stood out noticeably as total of 27 voters from one family turned up unitedly to exercise their right of casting vote in Rasta peth area.
Living in the joint family in Pune's traditional 'wada culture', all the 27 eligible voters from Bhosale family hit the street on Tuesday morning who walked up to Kamla Nehru high school to cast their vote.
Among these 27 voters from one family, the 95-year-old Parvatibai was the eldest voter who was taken to the polling booth on a wheelchair. The youngest voter from the family is 26 years old Niranjan who is representing the third generation of voters in the group.
Speaking about the unity of the family in casting votes, Jaysingh Bhosale, the 60 year old son of Parvatibai told DNA, "We have been following Pune's tradition of wada culture where we all stay together in joint family. Including me, my mother has six sons. We six siblings have our wives and children which take the number of family members beyond 30. Out of all the family members, we have 27 eligible voters."
According to Bhosale family members, they have been going together to cast votes during every election. Parvatibai, the eldest voter from the family said, "I will be very happy if other families take inspiration from us and they also come out in big numbers and cast their votes. We need to exercise our right to cast vote to strengthen the democracy."
The Rasta Peth area falls under Pune Lok Sabha constituency where BJP's Girish Bapat and Congress's Mohan Joshi have straight fight. The constituency had recorded low turnout of around 33.4 percent till 3 pm.