Voting began at 7 am on all six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai and people stood in queues outside polling stations to escape the heat.
Shiv Sena (UBT) president and former CM Uddhav Thackeray along with his wife Rashm and sons Tejas and Aditya came to vote at a polling booth in Bandra East.
He is understood to have voted for the first time for Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA ally and Congress candidate Professor Varsha Gaikwad), who is standing against Bharatiya Janata Party's Ujjwal Nikam in the Mumbai North Central seat.
In a brief interaction with media persons, Thackeray said, "People are fed up with all the 'jumlebaazi' and are voting for change... We are confident of getting more than 40 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra." That I have voted in the national interest.
His cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray along with his wife Sharmila and family went to a polling booth in Dadar and cast their vote.Former Union minister Ram Naik voted with his family in Goregaon and Kapil Patil voted in Borivali.
Lok Sabha candidates from major parties like Professor Varsha Gaikwad and Bhusha Patil of Congress, Arvind Sawant of Shiv Sena (UBT), Anil Y. Desai, Sanjay Dina Patil, Amo G. Kirtikar, Ujjwal Nikam of BJP, Piyush Goyal, Mihir Kotecha of Shiv Sena Ravindra Vaikar, Yamini Y Jadhav, Rahul Shewale and other candidates from various parties or independent candidates cast their votes.
Many candidates urged people to come out and vote as it is their duty and responsibility towards the nation, as long queues were seen outside polling stations in the city and suburbs.
Elsewhere, poet-filmmaker Gulzar cast his vote and was joined by Sonal Bendre, Tabu, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, Zoya Akhtar, Sunil Shetty Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Esha Deol, Paresh Rawal, Shubha Khote, Akshay Kumar, Janhvi Kapoor and others attended. Like celebs participated in it.They were waiting patiently in queues for their turn to exercise their franchise. For 56-year-old Akshay Kumar, who was a Canadian citizen (2011-2023) and acquired Indian citizenship last year, it was his first vote after qualifying. , He proudly raised his inked finger and appealed to the public to come out in large numbers and vote. In the final phase, voting is taking place in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Maharashtra: Palgha (ST), Dindori (ST), Dhule, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North. Central, Mumbai South Central and Mumbai South.
Shiv Sena (UBT) president and former CM Uddhav Thackeray along with his wife Rashm and sons Tejas and Aditya came to vote at a polling booth in Bandra East.
He is understood to have voted for the first time for Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA ally and Congress candidate Professor Varsha Gaikwad), who is standing against Bharatiya Janata Party's Ujjwal Nikam in the Mumbai North Central seat.
In a brief interaction with media persons, Thackeray said, "People are fed up with all the 'jumlebaazi' and are voting for change... We are confident of getting more than 40 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra." That I have voted in the national interest.
His cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray along with his wife Sharmila and family went to a polling booth in Dadar and cast their vote.Former Union minister Ram Naik voted with his family in Goregaon and Kapil Patil voted in Borivali.
Lok Sabha candidates from major parties like Professor Varsha Gaikwad and Bhusha Patil of Congress, Arvind Sawant of Shiv Sena (UBT), Anil Y. Desai, Sanjay Dina Patil, Amo G. Kirtikar, Ujjwal Nikam of BJP, Piyush Goyal, Mihir Kotecha of Shiv Sena Ravindra Vaikar, Yamini Y Jadhav, Rahul Shewale and other candidates from various parties or independent candidates cast their votes.
Many candidates urged people to come out and vote as it is their duty and responsibility towards the nation, as long queues were seen outside polling stations in the city and suburbs.
Elsewhere, poet-filmmaker Gulzar cast his vote and was joined by Sonal Bendre, Tabu, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, Zoya Akhtar, Sunil Shetty Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Esha Deol, Paresh Rawal, Shubha Khote, Akshay Kumar, Janhvi Kapoor and others attended. Like celebs participated in it.They were waiting patiently in queues for their turn to exercise their franchise. For 56-year-old Akshay Kumar, who was a Canadian citizen (2011-2023) and acquired Indian citizenship last year, it was his first vote after qualifying. , He proudly raised his inked finger and appealed to the public to come out in large numbers and vote. In the final phase, voting is taking place in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Maharashtra: Palgha (ST), Dindori (ST), Dhule, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North. Central, Mumbai South Central and Mumbai South.
