Political parties flock to Mumbai shelter as homeless residents become voters
voter ID cards. This marks the first group of beneficiaries at the shelter, which has been operated by the Social and Evangelical Association for Love (SEAL) for 25 years. Social workers from SEAL facilitated this initiative, benefiting a total of 125 homeless individuals at the shelter. They are now eager to participate in the upcoming Phase-4 elections in the Maval constituency on May 13 by casting their votes.
This addition of 125 new voters has caught the attention of political party workers. They have started visiting the SEAL Ashram to campaign for their candidates and inquire about any issues the shelter residents may have that they can address.
Pastor Biju Samuel, who is second-in-command at SEAL, told TOI, «We are happy that our shelter home is now finally showing on the political radars of parties, since we now have 125 newly registered voters. For the past quarter century, local politicians were hardly interested in homeless people. Now they do.»
The rescued homeless individuals at SEAL have an intriguing backstory regarding how they became eligible voters.
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