Maharashtra Elections: Dia Mirza-John Abraham cast vote, share selfies

Polling began on October 21st, 2019, in all 288 Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra where 3,237 candidates, including 235 women, are in the fray. The voting commenced at 7 am and will end at 6 pm. Exercising their right to vote and urging people to come forward this election, Bollywood actors John Abraham and Dia Mirza took to social media to celebrate the 'Festival Of Democracy'. Take a look below- 

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John Abraham and Dia Mirza cast their vote: 

Apart from the two of them, several celebrities exercised their right to vote. Celebs in the likes of Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Madhur Bhandarkar, Riteish Deshmukh, and many others were spotted at their respective polling booths casting their votes. 

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Maharashtra elections

In Maharashtra, where the 'Mahayuti' alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and smaller parties is against the 'Maha-agadhi' led by the Congress and the NCP. The BJP is seeking a second straight term under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Maharashtra. In the saffron alliance, BJP will be contesting on 150 seats, and Shiv Sena will fight on 124 seats in Maharashtra. Alliance partners of BJP have fielded 14 candidates on the party's lotus symbol. Meanwhile, the Congress is contesting the polls in alliance with the NCP. Both parties are contesting on 125 seats each in the 288-member Assembly and its allies on the remaining 38 seats.

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The opposition tried to corner the BJP governments at the Centre and in the states on the handling of the economy with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blaming the ruling party for the economic slowdown and unemployment and highlighting issues like "failure" of demonetization and GST rollout.