Visibly upset after being denied the chance to vote, Vidya posted a video message on Instagram asking for help. Although she did not receive her voter ID card, she said she went to vote with her Aadhaar card and was accompanied by her elderly parents.
She said: “This is really upsetting. I spent three hours with my mom and dad at the polling station trying to vote and my name is not there. The place I am staying is not on the list. I don’t have anyone, and no one has my number. My parents are over 70 and I stood there with them, but the staff were kind enough to let them sit. .
I’ve tried filling out numerous forms, but my voter ID never arrived at my house. She brought her Aadhaar card, thinking she might still be able to vote, but it didn’t work. I can’t vote and I don’t know what to do. My name is not in the Bandra constituency. I was born and brought up here, spent half my life there, and even now that I have moved into my own home, I have always voted from Bandra.
I don’t know what happened. My father’s name and mother’s name were there, but mine was not. I’m very upset. This is unacceptable. I have heard that there has been a lot of confusion this year, but it is my right and duty to vote, and I am truly sorry that I was not able to do so.
The process started at 10am and I went home without voting. ”
Similarly, Amit Trivedi was also disenfranchised. In his video, he said he felt helpless after polling station officials claimed his voting serial number did not exist. Despite being tested multiple times, he was still unable to vote.
He said, “Hey guys, I went to vote today. As soon as I got to the polling station, I showed them this receipt that was given to me by the polling official. I showed them my voter ID and Aadhaar card. Everything was in there.” But he said, “The 1080 is not there, your number is not there. Repair it from where you got it.”
So I went outside and saw a long line. When I got to the front of the line after waiting 30 minutes, an official checked my books, register, and documents. After checking for 30 minutes, he also checked his phone, checked all my details, did all that, then said, “Sorry, it’s not there, you can’t vote.”
So I asked, “Does that mean I won’t be able to vote?” He said, “No, you can’t vote.” Many were disappointed. People have been disappointed for the past 203 days. Many people have experienced this and don’t understand. Okay, so I couldn’t vote. ”
He captioned his video, “Voting is our constitutional right. Today I was denied that right and feel powerless. Has this happened to anyone else? How and why???”
Several Bollywood celebrities on Monday exercised their rights in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Mumbai, marking it as a proud moment of exercising their choice in the world’s largest democratic movement. He showed off his fingers.
Celebrity voters at the polling booth include Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, actresses Madhuri Dixit, Sara Ali Khan, It included iconic figures such as Ananya Panday and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
