Bollywood personalities, politicians urge people to step out and vote; 8.07 percent voting till 9:30 am

Mumbai: Polling for the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and nine other civic bodies across Maharashtra got underway on Tuesday morning with estranged allies BJP and Shiv Sena at the forefront of this battle of might.
A total of 3.77 crore voters will determine the fate of 17,331 candidates for 3210 seats up for grabs in 10 municipal corporations, 11 zilla parishads and 118 panchayat samitis in the second phase of polls being seen as “mini general elections.”
The stakes are high for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, who have led their respective parties from the front and were involved in a high decibel and no holds barred campaign relegating the Opposition Congress and NCP to the background.
Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray, accompanied by his wife and son, queues up at a polling booth in Mumbai’s Bandra East.
Actor Shreyas Talpade tweets: “DeVOTE some time Mumbai…for a better future. This time let’s make them answerable.”
8.07 percent voting recorded till 9:30 am in BMC polls, reports CNN-News18.
Former chief minister Manohar Joshi, also a senior Shiv Sena leader , casts his vote at a polling booth in Shivaji Park.
Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor tweets: “Done voting. Please exercise your right & go vote!”
Senior Congress leader and former home minister Sushilkumar Shinde casts his vote for civic body polls in Solapur.
Bollywood’s livewire actor Ranveer Singh exercises his franchise and urges people to vote.
On reports that her name was missing in the voter’s list, Shaina NC clarifies on Twitter: “Not true friends ,I did vote. They could not find my name as there was an error in the printed list, however authorities were helpful.”