CSK star Ravindra Jadeja casts his vote in Jamnagar, Gujarat. cricket news

India’s star cricket all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and his wife Rivaba Jadeja cast their vote at a polling booth in Gujarat’s Jamnagar during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday. After casting his vote, Jadeja shared a picture with his wife on Instagram. She captioned it, “My vote, my right.” Rivaba is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Jamnagar North assembly constituency. Jadeja’s sister Naina Jadeja and father Anirudh Singh Jadeja also cast their votes in Jamnagar during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections.

After casting her vote, Naina spoke to ANI. He said, “Voting is our right in a democracy… We should vote for a better future.”

Voting began on Tuesday morning for 25 out of 26 parliamentary seats in Gujarat in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. BJP has won the Surat seat unopposed.

In Jamnagar, sitting BJP MP Poonamben Madam is contesting against Congress’s JP Maraviya.

The third phase of voting is taking place in 93 Lok Sabha seats across 11 states and union territories. The states and union territories where elections are being held in this phase are Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2), Goa (2), Gujarat ( 25), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (11), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (10) and West Bengal (4). BJP has won Surat seat unopposed.

Lok Sabha elections are being held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1. Counting of votes is to take place on June 4.

Jadeja is part of India’s 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup. India will begin their T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on June 5, followed by a crucial match against Pakistan at the same venue on June 9. After this, India will play America and Canada on June 12 and 15 respectively.

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