The Free Press Journal

B-town A-listers vote, ask people to do so

- STAFF REPORTER /

There were several stars lighting up the voting firmament on Monday, as they emerged to exercise their fundamenta­l right by voting in the assembly election on Monday. The three Khans, Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh, Deepika Padukone, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Varun Dhawan were among those who exercise their right. Afterwards, the stars took to social media to urge citizens to vote. Aamir said, "I voted keeping in mind what I thought were important issues. I urge everyone to come out and vote in large numbers. Every citizen of Maharashtr­a should come out to vote."

Shah Rukh Khan was accompanie­d by wife Gauri while Aamir Khan came with wife Kiran Rao and Abhishek Bachchan with wife Aishwarya, Hrithik Roshan, Varun Dhawan, Rishi Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Padmini Kolhapure made their way to polling stations across Mumbai to exercise their franchise. This exercise was followed by the posting of pictures showing off their inked fingers on social media.

Madhuri Dixit Nene, the goodwill ambassador of the chief electoral office in Maharashtr­a, uploaded a selfie on Twitter and captioned it, "Have you voted?". In another post, tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi and the former Miss World, Lara Dutta, were seen posing for the cameras. Dutta later posted, "Mumbai come out and exercise your right to vote!!"

Similar exhortatio­ns were made by several movie and television stars, who uploaded their photograph­s with inked fingers on Insta and FB, urging fans and followers to vote.

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