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Ayushmann Khurrana keeps poll date with Chandigarh
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana and actress Samaira Sandhu travelled from Mumbai to Chandigarh to cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing the importance of voter participation.
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who hails from Chandigarh, travelled to the capital of Punjab from Mumbai to fulfil his duties towards the country by casting his vote in the final and seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.
After exercising his franchise, Ayushmann emphasised the importance of voter participation in elections. “I came back to my city to cast my vote and exercise my right. Mumbai recorded a very low voter turnout this time but we should cast our vote. We don’t have a right to complain if we don’t vote,” Ayushmann said.
He also recalled the time when he cast his first vote at the age of 18. “I remember when I cast vote for the first time. I was so excited. I came on my cycle to the polling booth,” he said.
Actor Samaira Sandhu arrived from Mumbai to cast her vote in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. After exercising her franchise, Samaira said, “I have cast my vote. I have come especially from Mumbai to cast my vote...I can see a good rush. Voters are coming out in large numbers,” she said.
In February, the Chandigarh election department announced Samaira as its icon in a programme organised by the UT department of social welfare at Government College of Education, Sector 20.
