Haryana and Maharashtra : Going in the BJP’s Basket? By Deepak Parvatiyar October 16, 2014 From celebrated writer-director-poet Gulzar to superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan, and from teen heartthrobs Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor to Bollywood’s own members of Parliament Hema Malini, Rekha, Jaya Bachchan, and Kirron Kher – the glamorous faces of tinsel town provided enough photo-ops as they lined up to cast their votes on the polling day (15th October) in Mumbai. But if one thought that the star-struck people would follow their matinee idols to turnout in large numbers to cast their votes, then this was not the case. Go vote”, tweeted superstar Salman Khan. He exhorted people to choose candidates “like girlfriends”. Polling had not picked up till late afternoon in Maharashtra and political parties started pressing panic buttons. Finally, Maharashtra recorded an impressive 64 percent turnout – about four per cent more than the Assembly elections of 2009. H
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