Lok Sabha elections 2024: In Maharashtra, man arrives at polling booth with his monkey. Watch

Elections in India have some extraordinary sightswhen it comes topeople arriving at the polling booths to vote.Brides and grooms casting their vote beforethey getmarried,andpeople aged 100 and above exercising their franchise are among the fewsuchexamples in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

An unusual scene was seen in Maharashtra on Friday (Apr 26) where a voter, along withhis monkey,arrived at a polling booth to vote.

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Visuals from the news agency ANI showedWardha resident VinodKshirsagar arriving at a polling booth with his Langurnamed 'Bajrang',to cast his vote.

The reactions

The video garnered mixed reactions on social media.On X,some users questioned whether bringing an animal to a polling booth was allowed."Man.... Just for a photoopdon't get into the wrong side of the law...Forrest officials would take him away and worst file a case as well," userAvyakta Bhairava wrote on the microblogging site.

"Did the man bring a candidate along?" wrote another user.

India votes in phase 2

Under the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, votingis taking placeacross 13 states and Union Territories (UTs). Till 1 pm, Tripura hadrecorded the highest voter turnout at 54.47 per cent.

• Assam- 46.31 per cent
• Bihar- 33.80 per cent
• Chhattisgarh- 53.09 per cent
• Jammu and Kashmir- 42.88 per cent
• Karnataka- 38.23 per cent
• Kerala- 39.26 per cent
• Madhya Pradesh- 38.96 per cent
• Maharashtra- 31.77 per cent
• Manipur- 54.26 per cent
• Rajasthan- 40.39 per cent
• Uttar Pradesh- 35.73 per cent
• West Bengal- 47.29 per cent

(With inputs from agencies)