Kriti Sanon SAID : “It breaks my heart to see what happened at JNU! What’s going on in India is horrifying!! Students & teachers being beaten up & terrorized by masked cowards!! The constant blame game!Stooping so low for political agendas!Violence is NEVER a solution! How have we become so inhuman?”

Taapsee Pannu SAID : “such is the condition inside what we consider to be a place where our future is shaped. It’s getting scarred for ever. Irreversible damage. What kind of shaping up is happening here, it’s there for us to see…. saddening”

Meanwhile Hundreds of protesters who gathered at Mumbai’s iconic Gateway of India since Sunday night in anger against the mob attack in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were forced out by the police this morning and moved to Azad Maidan, 2 km away. This after the police were told by the students that there was no leader of the protest and no one would listen to the requests to shift to Azad Maidan.

Policemen then physically removed from the popular tourist site that became the epicentre of the “Occupy Gateway” protest. The police say while some moved voluntarily, some had to be dragged away from the site after they refused to comply.

A police officer told there are no toilet or water facilities at the Gateway of India and it was becoming a challenge to control the crowd at what is one of the busiest sites in Mumbai.

Actor Anil Kapoor has strongly condemned the violent attack on the students and faculty members of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) by masked assailants on Sunday night.

The actor said, “It has to be condemned. It was quite sad and quite shocking. What I saw was very disturbing. In fact, main poori raat soya nahi yeh soch soch ke ki what is happening. (In fact, I did not sleep all night because I was thinking about what is happening.) It has to be condemned. Violence se kuch hone wala nahi hai. Jinhone yeh kiya, they should be punished, absolutely.

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 Mahesh Bhupathi and Lara Dutta were seen posing for the cameras after casting their votes in Mumbai. The former Miss World also took to social media, sharing a picture post voting. She urged the Mumbaikars to come out exercise their right. “Mumbai come out and exercise your right to vote!! #voteresponsibily #sustainabledevelopment .

Actor Aamir Khan casts his vote at a polling booth in Bandra(West). He says “I appeal to all citizens of Maharashtra to come out and vote in large numbers.”

Ritesh Deshmukh, his wife Genelia D’Souza uploaded a selfie after casting their votes at a polling booth in Latur. His brothers Amit Deshmukh and Dhiraj Deshmukh are contesting polls as Congress candidates from Latur city and Latur rural constituencies, respectively.

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar posted a picture on social media with his son Arjun and wife while Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai also stepped out to vote in the afternoon.

Preity Zinta showed up in a red T-shirt and blue jeans with white sneakers and Varun Dhawan was greeted by fans and media as he appeared at the polling station in a white T-shirt and blue jeans to exercise his right to vote.

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Karvir assembly constituency in Kolhapur registered the highest voter turnout at 83.20%, while Colaba in South Mumbai registered the lowest voter turnout at 40.20%. Continuing with its disrepute of lower voter turnout Mumbai saw a poor turnout of 46.93%.

Kolhapur, which saw massive floods a few months ago, came out to vote in massive numbers. Four out of top 5 constituencies with highest voter turnout were in flood-affected Kolhapur region. Apart from Karvir, Shahuwadi seat registered 80.19% turnout, Kagal (80.13% ) and Radhanagari (75.59%), while Shirala constituency in neighbouring Sangli district saw 76.78% voter turnout.

Low voter turnout was witnessed in urban areas. Apart from Colaba in Mumbai, Versova seat in Suburban Mumbai also saw an abysmal voting percentage of 42.66%. Low voter turnout was also seen in constituencies on the outskirts of Mumbai, like Kalyan west (41.93%), Ambernath (42.43%) and Ulhasnagar (41.20%). Pune Cantonment seat also saw a dismal turnout at 42.68%.

Though Bollywood personalities came out to vote in large numbers, the voting percentage in the Bandra West constituency, home to most Bollywood celebrities saw a downfall in polling percentage compared to 2014. In 2014, the star-studded constituency saw a voter turnout of 50.65% ,while this election it was at 43.76%.

Top leaders from the state exercised their franchise with their family in tow. CM Devendra Fadnavis, accompanied by his wife Amruta, cast his vote in Nagpur. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar voted in Tardeo area of Mumbai along with his granddaughter Revati Sule. Actor Riteish Deshmukh and wife Genelia voted in Latur. Riteish’s brother Amit and Dheeraj are contesting from Latur City and Latur Rural respectively. Riteish has extensively campaigned for them.

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