Leaders from different parties and governors of Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh were prominent among those who cast their votes in Gujarat Tuesday in the Lok Sabha polls and appealed to the people of the state to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise.
All these prominent leaders, who are registered voters in Gujarat, exercised their franchise at polling booths in different cities in the state which had a single phase voting for its 26 Lok Sabha seats.
While Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel voted at a polling booth in Silaj locality of Ahmedabad, her Karnataka counterpart Vajubhai Vala, a former Gujarat minister, cast his ballot at a booth in Rajkot.
"Everybody should vote. It is a part of our duty. And every voter should do his duty. I appeal all to vote," Patel, a former Gujarat chief minister, said.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, accompanied by his wife Anjali, exercised his democratic right at a polling booth in his hometown Rajkot.
Talking to reporters later, Rupani said, "Gujarat is witnessing voting in large number since morning. Both of us have voted.
"The way people of Gujarat are voting since morning shows people in the state have made up their mind to see Narendrabhai (Modi) become the prime minister again, and the BJP will win all the 26 seats."
"The way state and central governments have worked, I am confident the people of Gujarat will make up for the assembly election (which the Congress lost in 2017) in the Lok Sabha polls. We will win seats in double digits."