20 May,2024 07:28 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita after casting votes at a polling booth in Mumbai. Pic/PTI
As voting kicked off in the Mumbai for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Monday, industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Naresh Goyal, among others who reached at the polling stations to cast their votes, reported the ANI.
Reliance Industries' Managing Director and Chairman, Mukesh Ambani, along with his wife Nita Ambani and their son Akash Ambani, arrived at Malabar Hill on Monday to cast their votes for the India General Elections 2024.
After casting her vote, Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, emphasized the critical role of voting in a democracy.
Nita Ambani said, "It is important as an Indian citizen to vote. It is our right and responsibility to vote. I urge everyone to go out and exercise their right to vote."
Mukesh Ambani echoed similar sentiments, making a heartfelt appeal to the citizens of India. He stated, "Every Indian should vote; this is my appeal to my fellow countrymen," as per the ANI.
Meanwhile Industrialist Ratan Tata exercised his voting right at a polling booth in Colaba locality.
Six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai are voting in the national election on Monday -- Mumbai North, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South and Mumbai South Central.
"Monday is voting day in Mumbai. I urge all Mumbaikars to go out and vote responsibly," Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, wrote on his X timeline, two days before Mumbai was set to go for polls.
Voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections began on Monday at 7 am and went on till 6 pm.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), more than 8.95 crore voters are eligible to participate in this phase, comprising 4.69 crore males, 4.26 crore females, and 5409 third-gender electors.
In this fifth phase, 49 seats across six states and two union territories (UTs) voters will be determining the fate of 695 candidates.
In this phase, elections are being held in eight states and Union Territories: Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
Out of the 49 Lok Sabha seats up for grabs, 14 are in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Maharashtra, 7 in West Bengal, 5 in Bihar, 3 in Jharkhand, 5 in Odisha, and one each in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
(with ANI inputs)
