Nirmala, Murthy, Rahul among early voters in Bengaluru
Many booths reported brisk voting in the first hour of polling as people sought to "beat the heat".
PTI
Bengaluru, 26 April
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman, software industry icon NR Narayana Murthy, his wife and
Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, former cricketer Rahul Dravid and actor Prakash
Raj were among the early voters as polling began in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies
in Karnataka on Friday.
Many booths
reported brisk voting in the first hour of polling as people sought to
"beat the heat".
Speaking to PTI
Videos, Prakash Raj said he voted for the candidate that he has faith in and
"for the issues mentioned in the manifesto of the parties." "I
have voted against the hate and people who are dividing the country. I have
voted for a good representative from my constituency," he said.
Polling began at 7am
and will end at 6pm. A total of 247 candidates -- 226 men and 21 women -- are
in the fray for the first phase in 14 segments covering most of the southern
and coastal districts, where more than 2.88 crore voters are eligible to
exercise their franchise in 30,602 polling stations.
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