Visually Impaired Man’s Sarpanch Nomination Paper Rejected: Odisha

In Odisha, the nomination papers of a visually challenged man, for the upcoming Panchayat Polls were rejected. The victim, identified as Shantilal Sabar, a resident of Dabripada village, filed his nominations for the Sarpanch post in the forthcoming elections. Sabar had used Braille script to sign the papers, instead of Odia language. ''By rejecting my nomination, the government will discourage visually-challenged candidates from participating in panchayat polls,” he stated.