As voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections commenced on Monday, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s family members stepped out and exercised their voting rights.
Aamir and his first wife Reena Dutta’s children Junaid and Ira happily posed for shutterbugs after casting their votes. The actor’s mother Zeenat Hussain was also spotted at a polling booth, defying age.
The voting on Monday started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm, with those in line by the closing time still allowed to vote. As per the ECI, over 8.95 crore voters, including 4.69 crore males, 4.26 crore females, and 5409 third-gender electors, will decide the fate of 695 candidates in the fifth phase of voting.
In a bid to create a peaceful atmosphere for the electors, a total of 2,000 flying squads, 2105 static surveillance teams, 881 video surveillance teams, and 502 video viewing teams are keeping surveillance round the clock across the 94,732 polling stations.