<p>Many well-known faces went out in the hot sun to cast their votes in the City on Thursday. Among them was 101-year-old writer and lexicographer G Venkatasubbaiah, who exercised his franchise at a polling station in Jayanagar 7th Block.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking with Deccan Herald, Venkatasubbaiah said: “I have been voting since 1952, which was when the first general elections were held. I have voted for the parliamentary, Assembly as well as corporation elections. <br /><br />“Having voted this year too, I can say that the arrangements have been very good and elaborate, and the EC methodology is quite flawless. The crowd was controlled well. The officials even made me sit inside a room when I went to vote along with my son. I am confident that the candidate I voted for will emerge out to be the best.”<br /><br />Other prominent people from world of literature who cast their votes included Jnanpith awardees U R Ananthamurthy, who voted in Sadashivanagar, and Chandrashekara Kambara in Katriguppe.<br /><br />The wife of the late Kannada thespian Dr Rajkumar, Parvathamma, her actor-sons Puneeth Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar, along with their spouses Ashwini and Mangala, respectively, voted in Sadashivanagar.<br /><br />Geetha casts vote<br /><br />Rajkumar’s eldest son and actor Shivrajkumar and his wife Geetha, who is the JD(S) candidate from Shimoga, cast their votes at a booth in Rachenahalli in the City in the afternoon.<br /><br />Justice N Venkatachala, former Lokayukta and former Supreme Court Judge, too cast his vote at a polling booth in Sadashivanagar. Commissioner of Police Raghavendra Auradkar voted in HSR Layout.</p>
<p>Many well-known faces went out in the hot sun to cast their votes in the City on Thursday. Among them was 101-year-old writer and lexicographer G Venkatasubbaiah, who exercised his franchise at a polling station in Jayanagar 7th Block.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking with Deccan Herald, Venkatasubbaiah said: “I have been voting since 1952, which was when the first general elections were held. I have voted for the parliamentary, Assembly as well as corporation elections. <br /><br />“Having voted this year too, I can say that the arrangements have been very good and elaborate, and the EC methodology is quite flawless. The crowd was controlled well. The officials even made me sit inside a room when I went to vote along with my son. I am confident that the candidate I voted for will emerge out to be the best.”<br /><br />Other prominent people from world of literature who cast their votes included Jnanpith awardees U R Ananthamurthy, who voted in Sadashivanagar, and Chandrashekara Kambara in Katriguppe.<br /><br />The wife of the late Kannada thespian Dr Rajkumar, Parvathamma, her actor-sons Puneeth Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar, along with their spouses Ashwini and Mangala, respectively, voted in Sadashivanagar.<br /><br />Geetha casts vote<br /><br />Rajkumar’s eldest son and actor Shivrajkumar and his wife Geetha, who is the JD(S) candidate from Shimoga, cast their votes at a booth in Rachenahalli in the City in the afternoon.<br /><br />Justice N Venkatachala, former Lokayukta and former Supreme Court Judge, too cast his vote at a polling booth in Sadashivanagar. Commissioner of Police Raghavendra Auradkar voted in HSR Layout.</p>
