Amit Trivedi, Gauahar Khan take to social media as they are denied voting
Amit Trivedi and Gauahar Khan
Voting is our constitutional right but not everyone is getting to exercise that right. On Monday, as many celebrities headed to polling booths in Mumbai to vote in Lok Sabha elections 2024. Music composer Amit Trivedi and actress Gauahar Khan, however, could not exercise their rights.
The two celebrities took to social media to express their disappointment. Feeling 'helpless', Amit Trivedi revealed that the serial number given on his voting ID did not match with the voters' list at the polling booth and he was not allowed to vote.
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Trivedi shared the ordeal on social media in a video and wrote, "Voting is our constitutional right. Today I was denied that right and I feel helpless. Did this happen to anyone else? How.. and why??"
Meanwhile, Gauahar Khan took to her Instagram stories to urge the authorities to use the Aadhar card as a mark of identification to cast the vote. The actress was not allowed to vote when she first went to the polling booth.
“I have an appeal. Why do we have Aadhar cards if we are not considered citizens enough to vote? Your Aadhaar card is your identity that you are an Indian citizen and you should be able to vote with that," said Gauahar in the video.
“People who have left the building are still on that list. I have seen it myself. And if I, my mom, my husband, everyone is registered on that building…. none of us are there. So how does one vote? We go with our Aadhar card, Id proof and they say, ‘No you cannot vote’.” Gauahar said that it makes ‘no sense’ that Aadhaar card is not applicable in this situation.
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“Here literally people are fighting and going berserk over there because they have their IDs but the survey doesn't have their name on the list. They are saying if you are not on the list then you cannot vote. I think that is the most basic deprivation of your rights to vote!,” she added.
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However, later Gauahar revealed that she had ultimately been able to cast her vote.
“Yes! Finally, I have done it! Humne vote kar diya (We cast our vote)! I want to tell you no matter how difficult it is, it can be confusing. Lekin (But) please guys go and vote!” she said.
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Almost all of Bollywood turned out in full force to vote on Monday in Mumbai. Stars Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, The Bachchans, Ranveer Singh, and Deepika Padukone were seen at polling booths exercising their rights.
