ad_1]
Mumbai, Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar, Farhan Akhtar, Rajkummar Rao, Jahnvi Kapoor and others stepped out early Monday morning to vote within the Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai.
Polling was underway since 7 am in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra, together with six in Mumbai.
“I need my India to be developed and robust and I stored this stuff in my thoughts after I went to forged my vote. All Indians ought to suppose what is true for them and vote,” Kumar stated after casting his vote at a polling station in Juhu.
That is the primary time Kumar has voted since receiving the Indian citizenship.
Akthar, whereas standing within the queue at a polling station in Bandra West to forged his vote, advised PTI, “My vote is for good governance, the federal government that appears after all of the individuals, offers us a greater metropolis.”
The actor-filmmaker urged individuals, particularly kids, to come back out and vote.
“I simply heard from any person that younger individuals are complaining that it’s too sizzling however its not sizzling in any respect, so please do step out, do vote,” Akhtar stated.
Different Bollywood celebrities who voted within the morning included Sanya Malhotra and filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker,
“Vote as a result of you might have a alternative! Vote as a result of you might have a voice!! Vote as a result of it’s responsibility! Vote as a result of it’s your proper! #Election2024 #LokSabhaElection2024 #Vote #Votingday,” Gowariker wrote on X alongside a photograph of himself.
Veteran actor Shubha Khote got here together with her actor-daughter Bhavana Balsavar to forged vote.
“I’ve come right here and wish everybody to vote for the appropriate particular person. No matter is required we should always get that. I hope everybody will get impressed watching us and comes out to vote,” Khote stated after casting her vote at a polling sales space at Gandhigram college in Juhu space of Mumbai.