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Lok Sabha polls: Aamir Khan-Kiran Rao, Saif-Kareena, Ranveer-Deepika, Kiara Advani cast their votes

| @indiablooms | May 20, 2024, at 08:51 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and his former wife, filmmaker Kiran Rao, power couples- Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor Khan and Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone, actress Kiara Advani cast their votes in the afternoon as the Lok Sabha polls are underway in Maharashtra along with other parts of the country on Monday.

"I would appeal to people to vote in large numbers and become a part of this great democracy. It is also our responsibility to turn up and vote. I would urge all to not waste their votes," said Aamir.

Kareena, who was dressed in a white kurti and a pair of jeans, joined Saif, who was also in traditionals, reached Duruelo Convent High School in Bandra, Mumbai to cast their votes.

Dressed in a white shirt and denim, pregnant Deepika Padukone was joined by her husband, actor Ranveer Singh, as they headed to the polling booth to cast their vote.

Barely a few days after making her Cannes Film Festival debut, Kiara Advani, who turned up at the polling booth in a white salwar, cast her vote.

Veteran actor Dharmendra, actress-BJP candidate Hema Malini, Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Manoj Bajpayee were among the top Bollywood stars who cast their votes in the morning.

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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