Mumbai: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das cast his vote here on Monday morning and urged all voters to exercise their franchise.

Voting is going on for six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai and seven other seats in Maharashtra from 7 am.

"I urge all voters to vote...it is a right in our parliamentary democracy and everyone should exercise it," Das said after casting his vote at a polling booth near his official residence in south Mumbai. "

He said that even during the remaining phases of the general elections, voters should exercise their franchise in large numbers.

Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran was also among the early voters from the business world.

He exercised his franchise along with his family members at a booth in South Mumbai.

Later, Chandrasekaran posed for photographs and showed his inked finger.

Businessman Anil Ambani also voted early in the morning at a booth in south Mumbai, where his residence is located.