CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Voting has begun on 49 seats in eight states in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. People are very enthusiastic about voting. Celebrities are also not behind in voting. Actor Farhan Akhtar and director Zoya Akhtar voted at a polling booth in Mumbai.

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar cast his vote in. After this, while talking to journalists, he said, "I want my India to be developed, strong and keeping this in mind, I have voted... I think more people will vote this time..."

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat Piyush Goyal also voted. Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and BSP chief Mayawati also voted. After this, she said, "I have voted... I appeal to all the voters to definitely vote... I want to tell all the political parties that they should give priority to the issues of public interest..."

These celebrities voted

Famous Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor also fulfilled her voting duty in the morning. She appealed to all the people to come out and vote. Famous actor Rajkumar Rao exercised his franchise. He said that voting is a great duty towards our country and everyone should vote.

Reliance's Anil Ambani also came out to exercise his franchise in the morning. He was queuing up even before the voting started at around 6.45 am. He was waiting for the voting to start outside the Colaba polling station. Actor director Farhan Akhtar arrived to exercise his right to vote along with his sister and director Zoya Akhtar and mother. Actress Sanaya Malhotra also exercised her franchise in Mumbai.

Where to vote today?

In the fifth phase, voting is being held in 49 parliamentary constituencies of 8 states/union territories. The 8 states/union territories where voting is taking place in the 5th phase include Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

The Lok Sabha elections are being held in seven phases. Voting for the first phase was held on April 19, for the second phase on April 26, for the third phase on May 7 and for the fourth phase on May 13.