Watch: It Was His First Vote. So He Rode A Buffalo To Polling Station
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Video of the incident shows the young voter, clad in a black shirt, grey trousers and a green cloth wrapped around his head like a turban, arriving at a polling station on top of a buffalo.
In Bihar's Ujiarpur, people on the streets witnessed a peculiar sight: a young voter, on top of a buffalo, arrived at a polling booth to vote for the very first time. #Watch: It Was His First Vote. So He Rode A Buffalo To Polling Station#ElectionsWithNDTV#Biharpic.twitter.com/w482IhHQpi
"I came to vote for the first time and I am very excited," the man said. "I hope that whoever wins eradicates poverty in our village, gives jobs to the young people and addresses inflation."
Video of the incident shows the young voter, clad in a black shirt, grey trousers and a green cloth wrapped around his head like a turban, arriving at a polling station on top of a buffalo who is sporting a similar headgear. Bystanders, including children, looked in awe while some clicked pictures as the man and his bovine friend straddled across a road.
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