Indian Army soldiers, deployed at the world’s highest battlefield of Siachen Glacier, on Thursday participated in the election process by casting their vote in specially set up polling booths.
Army spokesman, Colonel Rajesh Kalia, said that in a first-of-its-kind, the Election Commission of India provided the facility to the troops deployed in far-flung, remote and inhospitable terrain to download their ballot papers online, vote and forward the ballot papers to their respective Electoral Returning Officers through post.
Braving the severe weather conditions and undeterred by the ceasefire violations, the soldiers enthusiastically cast their votes for the parliamentary elections; exhibiting the strength of the democratic process.