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Elections '24

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Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Esha Deol cast votes in Mumbai as 5th phase of Lok Sabha polls underway

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | May 20, 2024, at 05:15 pm

#LokSabhaElections2024 #Dharmendra #HemaMalini #EshaDeol

Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood veteran Dharmendra, his wife and actress-BJP candidate Hema Malini and her daughter, actress Esha Deol cast their votes in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections.

Dharmendra was seen in a maroon check shirt, a trouser and a hat.

#WATCH | Veteran actor Dharmendra casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai.#LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/FqXmZ5jFPG
— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2024

Hema Malini, who is seeking a re-election on BJP's ticket from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, was spotted wearing a peach coloured silk saree.

Lauding the Prime Minister, Esha Deol said, "Narendra Modi-ji has done great things for us. The most important thing is that he thinks about the future generation. He has taken the country forward not just in India but at the international level."

#WATCH | Mumbai: After casting her vote, Actress Esha Deol says, "I appeal to people to come out and vote. It is our right. Every vote counts. He (PM Modi) is doing a lot of things for the country. Not only in India but also at the international level, he is taking our country… https://t.co/6qjac6mNkH pic.twitter.com/lUK7L4zxKC
— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2024

Voting is currently underway in 49 seats across six states and two Union Territories in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Monday.

The voting process started at 7 am.

Despite the small number of seats going for polls in this phase, the fates of high-profile leaders like Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, and Piyush Goyal, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

In this phase, over 8.95 crore voters are eligible to express their democratic choice across 94,732 polling stations in the country.

States/UTs going for polls in phase-5 are - Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.

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