Leading members of India Inc, including R-ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani, RPG Group Chairman, Harsh Goenka and HDFC Chairman, Deepak Parekh, among others, cast their votes today in the Lok Sabha election.
All of them cast their votes in the prestigious south Mumbai constituency where the Congress' Milind Deora is pitted against Shiv Sena's Mohan Rawale.
India Inc has shown a deep interest in the elections, which comes just five months after the 26/11 terror strikes in the city that claimed over 160 lives.
"It is important that one of the mainstream parties form the Government at the Centre because we need stability," Godrej said. "Our economy is recovering," he added.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman, C B Bhave, and ICICI Bank's CEO designate, Chanda Kochhar, also cast their ballots, along with JSW Steel's Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Sajjan Jindal.
Kalpana Morparia, who heads the India operations of JP Morgan cast her vote in the Mumbai South-Central constituency, and said, "it is very important to vote. At my polling booth, there was hardly anybody...I hope voting picks up as the day wears along," Morparia said.
Banker Meera Sanyal, who heads ABN Amro in India, is also in the electoral fray from South-Mumbai constituency as an Independent candidate.
She is expected to attract several votes from the affluent areas of Marine Drive, Cuffe Parade, Napean Sea Road and Warden Road. While there were no queues in the voting booths in the affluent areas where a lot of businessmen, entrepreneurs and professionals like doctors, bankers and IT professionals reside, people were seen slowly coming to the booths to cast their votes.
Some of them included voting in their morning walk or jogging routine.
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