Abstract

Politics is a major and an integral part of society. Every individual who is physically impaired also involved and affects the political process. The concept of disabled person has modified into differently abled person as disability depends upon the almighty’s decision or not in our hand so it’s never be neglected. India is a democratic and developing country; differently abled people are also a part of among the people. Without their political inclusion and participation we cannot imagine the development of a democratic state. People possessing the nationality of a country are called citizens. All citizens have the right to say about, to regulate or to access their own country’s progress and prosperity. The main motto of this presentation is to identify the Political Rights of Indian citizen. It also identifies the Political Rights of differently abled persons in 21st century. As the Article 29 of UNCRPD (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) said that, all people with disabilities have the same right to take part in politics like other citizens. Convention says that governments must be confirmed about the accessibility of differently abled persons in election process. This means: Making sure that the ways of voting and the voting papers are easy to use and understand. Being assure differently abled people can vote secretly as other citizens can. During vote every Govt. can allow an assistant with each differently abled person to express their own choice or to elect easily. This study describes about the Electoral Rights of physical and sensory disabled persons and related to this it examines the effectiveness of “The Right to Vote for All” in India. Numerous discrimination differently abled people have witnessed as they are considered ‘inferior’ and ‘abnormal’ and received uneven treatment. Although, the Disability Rights Movement in 1970s said about the equality, but the differently abled still faces discrimination to take part in elections. In our country, the exclusion of differently abled people from political participation takes place at all levels in different ways. Present investigation find out the issues of differently abled person’s political participation and explores how to cope up with this for political and electoral inclusion.

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