Bhubaneswar: Blind Candidate, Shantilal Sabar (40) from Dabripada Village under Gandamer Panchayat from Nuabada District, has transferred the Orissa High Court to the rejection of its nomination for the position of Sarpanch in the field that he cannot read or write odia as required below Invite Orissa Gram Panchayat, 1964.
Shantilal, class X shares, which challenges the 2007 Pancrayat election, claims he knows odiah and can write in Braille letters.
Shantilal went to file a nomination hoping he would be allowed to compete and win the election for the Sarpanch post.
When reaching out to the Pancrayat office, poll officials were surprised to see him nominations.
But they did not discourage him.
“I thought everything went smoothly and was expected to be in Medan.
However, on January 22, the day of supervision, block development officers (BDO) Komna rejected my papers on the grounds I could not read or write odiah,” Shantilal.Bdo said ( Komna) Shantilal milk is questioned by Shantilal.
To sign paper in Odia, which he could not do.
“Functioning from Panchayat cannot be possible with communication in Braille.
Pancrayat acts and candidates of the election manual bar that cannot read and write odiah,” said the shutter to Ti.Shantilal, which sells products such as phenyl and candles through the Swadaya group, saying that Is the development that breaks the heart for him after his letters are rejected.
“I enjoy popularity in the area.
I have worked hard in these years to serve people.
Blindness has never prevented me in my service to people.
I passed the matriculation using Braille,” he said.
Shantilal said he moved to a high court to get justice for himself and everyone who was visually disturbed aspiring to represent the public and serve them.
Shantilal, who has finished third in 2007, said he could not compete in 2012 and 2017 because the post was sealed for women.
“This time, when the post has been approved again, I hope to compete,” he said.
Jadumani Panigrahi, Convener, Jay Kiswan Mazdoor Sangram Parishad, who helped him in fighting the rejection of the adultery, “in the case of Shantilal, the government must change the law and enable it to the contest so that moral persons with disabilities are restored.” RN Sahu, Secretary, Country Election Commission, said the provisions stipulated in the Panchayat Law did not allow someone, who could not write or read odiah, to oppose the election.
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