Journalism of Courage
The voting for Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections 2014 began on Wednesday morning. With Maharashtra having never seen a four-cornered battle before, the collapse of the alliances may set off new dynamics.
MNS chief Uddhav Thackeray along with wife Rashmi and son Aditya cast their vote at Bandra MIG, Mumbai. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)
Uddhav Thackeray's son and Shiv Sena's young leader Aditya Thackeray gets inked. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)
MNS leader Raj Thackeray arrived with his family to cast vote. He can be seen here with his wife, Sharmila Thackeray. (Source: Express photo by Kevin DSouza)
Raj Thackeray's children - Amit and Urvashi Thackeray - were also seen at the venue. (Source: Express photo by Kevin DSouza)
NCP Chief Sharad Pawar showing his ink mark after casting the vote. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)
HDFC chairman Deepak Parakh coming out of polling booth after casting their vote. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)
Former MP Milind Deora and his wife Pooja Deora after casting their votes in Mumbai. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)
Polling was marred by rains in some parts of Vidarbha in Maharashtra. A policeman on election duty was killed after being struck by lightning in Avdeghat polling station of Savner constituency. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
The teachers engrossed in their polling duty in a school in Maharashtra. (Source: Express Photo by Vasant Prabhu)
Policemen and the security staff outside a school in Mumbai. (Source: Express Photo by Vasant Prabhu)
A patient, Shantiben Patel, resident of Dadar, came to cast her vote along with her son. (Source: Express photo by Kevin DSouza)
A differently abled resident arrives with his wife and son to cast his vote. (Source: Express photo by Kevin DSouza)
A senior citizen signs authenticates his presence at the venue. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Voters at a venue show their voters' ID card. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
An old man gets inked. (Source: Express photo by Pradeep Kocharekar)
Muslim women also turned out to vote. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
A Muslim woman gets inked. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Youngsters too actively participated in the voting process. They were also seen taking selfies after getting inked. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Meanwhile, in Haryana, it’s two-term incumbent vs jailed challenger vs biggest national player seeking to run the state. (Source: Express photo by Jaipal Singh)
People waiting in long queue to cast vote at one of the polling stations in Panchkula district in Haryana. (Source: Express photo by Jaipal Singh)
By evening, the number of people coming to vote increased. (Source: Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Not only the men, the women too voted.
A woman can be seen, here, carrying her child and having come to vote. (Source: Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Some of the many youngsters who voted show their inked fingers. (Source: Express photo by Dilip Kagda)
