Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble cast their vote

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble cast their vote: Former captain of Team India and current head coach Rahul Dravid cast his vote in Bengaluru today. Along with this, he also appealed to the rest of the voters across the country to cast their votes. After casting his vote, this great batsman while talking to the media said, 'Everyone must come to vote. We have got this opportunity through democracy. Apart from Dravid, former Indian Test captain and great leg spinner Anil Kumble also cast his vote.

Both the veterans live in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka and voting is taking place on 14 Lok Sabha seats here on Friday. Both the players are enjoying holidays these days. These days, Rahul Dravid is on leave from the national team due to IPL, while Anil Kumble, after retiring from cricket and coaching of Team India, these days works only on some projects related to cricket. In such a situation, both the players have worked to inspire other voters by playing their role in democracy.

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Bengaluru Election 2024 LIVE

Voting is to be held in two phases in Karnataka, which has 28 Lok Sabha seats. In this sequence, voting is taking place today on 14 seats in the state, which include Udupi, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru South, Chikballapur. , And Kolar. Elections are taking place.

Voting here started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm today. This time in the world's largest democracy, the process of general elections will be completed in 7 phases. Earlier, in the first phase of elections, voting was held in 102 Lok Sabha seats across the country. A total of 62 percent votes were cast in the first phase. The Election Commission is hopeful that voters will cast their votes in large numbers here, although the rising heat across the country remains a challenge for voting.

Voting is taking place on 89 Lok Sabha seats in the second phase. Amid tight security arrangements across the country, this election process is being completed with electric voting machines. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 25 out of total 28 seats in the state, whereas this time it is contesting only 25 Lok Sabha seats, while this time it has formed an alliance with JDS. . , Election. This time she is trying her luck in the elections on the remaining 3 seats.