Politicians Turn Blind Eye To Voteless Vrindavan Widows

Some of them are in their late eighties and get a measly amount of 3 and 100-gm of rice for performing bhajan kirtans at various ashrams. Less than 10 per cent have found place in widow ashrams run by the government or NGOs.

They say not a single political party has reached them during this Lok Sabha election as none of them have voter IDs.

Political parties have promised to clean Yamuna or beautify Brij Bhoomi in their manifestos but remained silent on the plight of these widows.

One of them is 95-year-old Kanchan, who has been living in Radha kund, 21 km from here, for more than three decades.

She does not remember any politician offering her any kind of help. She has been living in Maitri Vidhwa ashram after she was thrown out by her landlord.

Around 500 widows get free lunch at Maitri ashrams in Radha kund and Vrindavan while 40 of them have been given space in a hall with a tin shed. They prepare dinner on their own and their world is limited to one bed provided by the NGO.
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