One of the counting booth of the Mahashtra state elections looked like a rugged maidan from a distance with just a tent like structure in the middle… but once you approach it, you could see men in khakhi doing their duty. The tent was guarded like a fortress with policemen protecting it from all sides. People passing by saw it with some curiosity and some reluctant respect.
Some kids tried to jump the bandobast to take their everyday short cut to the school till the security shooed them away… most children scurried away at the threat but one thin dark girl showed a little bit of courage… she didn’t find the vote counting more important than her Maths test and she made that clear to the policemen… Making a dirty face at the policemen, she grumbled along her way back about her test after she was caught sneaking in.
The policemen found the kids amusing but then went back to their intense debating session… anticipating result was maybe their way past time. You would hear excited whispers about the possibility of the outcome of the election. And ‘Engine challi ahhe’ (Engine being MNS symbol) was one thing that was coming out of the discussion…
But then a sudden, unexpected call from a senior reporter to reach the ex-CM’s home brought this fascinating visit to the counting booth to an abrupt end.
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