Mumbai: Actor-turned-politician Govinda on Monday morning arrived at a polling sales space in Mumbai and exercised his proper to vote through the fifth part of Lok Sabha Elections. After casting his vote, Govinda despatched out an necessary message to fellow residents of the nation whereas chatting with media.
He merely mentioned, “Ghar se bahar aaye aur vote kare (Please come out of your house and vote).” Joining him within the democratic train was his son, Yashvardhan. His spouse Sunita additionally forged her vote and she or he even urged all to step out and forged their vote.
Notably, in March 2024, Govinda made a comeback in politics after 14 years as he joined the Shiv Sena celebration within the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai. Welcoming his entry into the celebration, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde mentioned “Govinda’s administrative experience earlier will prove useful to the party”.
Speaking on the event, an emotional Govinda, who began his appearing profession within the Nineteen Eighties and whose movies have been household entertainers, mentioned after his first stint in politics from 2004 to 2009, he by no means felt he would once more come again to the identical subject.
“I am back (in politics) after a 14-year-long ‘vanvas’ (exile),” he remarked. In 2004, Govind efficiently contested the Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat on a Congress ticket, defeating veteran BJP chief Ram Naik. However, he later resigned from the Congress celebration.
Meanwhile, the voting on Monday began at 7 am and can proceed till 6 pm, with these in line by the closing time nonetheless allowed to vote. As per the ECI, over 8.95 crore voters, together with 4.69 crore males, 4.26 crore females, and 5409 third-gender electors, will determine the destiny of 695 candidates within the fifth part of voting. The fifth part witnesses key contests in numerous constituencies.
Leaders akin to Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Piyush Goyal, Ujjwal Nikam, Karan Bhushan Singh, LJP (Ramvilas) chief Chirag Paswan, JKNC chief Omar Abdullah, and RJD chief Rohini Acharya are searching for electoral success. Eight states/UTs going for polls in part 5 are Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Of the 49 Lok Sabha seats, 14 are from Uttar Pradesh, 13 from Maharashtra, 7 from West Bengal, 5 from Bihar, 3 from Jharkhand, 5 from Odisha, and one every from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
In a bid to create a peaceable ambiance for the electors, a complete of two,000 flying squads, 2105 static surveillance groups, 881 video surveillance groups, and 502 video viewing groups are protecting surveillance around the clock throughout the 94,732 polling stations.
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