Ranbir Kapoor casts a vote for the BMC elections

Many other celebrities were also seen casting their vote in the BMC elections.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections happened today, January 15. Citizens, including celebrities, were seen casting their votes for the BMC elections.  The elections were held across 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. Among celebs, Ranbir Kapoor too was seen casting his vote.

Ranbir Kapoor cast his vote for the BMC elections.

The actor was seen at the polling booth, where he also encouraged citizens to vote. After casting his vote, Ranbir Kapoor interacted with the media and shared a message for the people of Mumbai. He said, “It’s our job and duty as citizens to come out and vote. Pure saal hum itna complain kartehainkihumaredeshmeinya city meinyehnahihai, wohnahihai (All year long, we complain so much that our country or our city doesn’t have this or that). It’s your right to come and vote, so please do come. I also want to thank the BMC. Year after year, whether it’s Ganpati or voting, they always provide such good facilities. We should really be grateful and thankful to them.”

Musician Vishal Dadlani slams low turnout at the BMC polls.

Vishal Dadlani said, “Hopefully, whoever wins will hold the elections on time. This is very important for the country and for democracy. But given the state of our city in the last few days, the hope is that things will improve. I’ve stopped asking people to vote. What I’m seeing here is that there’s hardly any public presence. There are more officials inside — it’s so shameful. Every Indian should feel pain seeing this. If we don’t take care of our country and don’t take responsibility for it, then what’s happening will continue to happen. First of all, the air and water should be clean — the basic necessities for human life.”

According to the State Election Commission, as many as 3.48 crore votes have been registered to vote in the elections thus far, which will determine the fate of 15,908 candidates contesting 2,869 seats across 893 wards in 29 municipal corporations. To facilitate the process, 39,092 polling centres have been set up across the state. Actors including Tamannaah Bhatia, Akshay Kumar, Shraddha Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and HemaMalini were also spotted casting their votes.