In the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections where six Mumbai seats were at the fray, saw full enthusiasm in voters. With this enthusiasm, a man residing 8,553 miles away from his hometown in a different continent travelled back to Mumbai for polling.
According to DNA, Dheeraj More a Brazil resident flew all the way from Sao Paulo to cast his vote for the Shiv Sena on Monday. More has been following the practice for the last 8 years for civic, assembly as well as general elections. More has a permanent resident card in Brazil and is yet to surrender his Indian passport. More told the leading daily, “India is the biggest democracy in the world. Founding father of our Constitution BR Ambedkar ensured that we got universal adult franchise after Independence. We should exercise this right to choose our leaders.”
In 1998. Dheeraj More left Mumbai for Hong Kong and then for Brazil. A textile engineer from Sasmira College More is a polyglot and speaks six languages including Portuguese, Spanish and Cantonese. He started his career as a machine operator in the coastal town of Mahad. More came forward to help 1993 blast in Century Bazaar victims and his family. This social service of More reached Bal Thackeray who called him over and promised to help him succeed in his life. And since then he has been Sainik for life. More told the leading daily, “In a shakha (Local Shiv Sena office) caste and creed barriers fade away. That had built the spirit of volunteerism in me which helped me a lot in Brazil. In Brazil, I had participated actively in street protests to support just causes.”
