By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 10, May 2023, 11:00 am IST | UPDATED: 10, May 2023, 11:00 am IST
She said that she always tells the youth to come and vote because then they have the power to talk.
"Without voting you do not have any power to talk," she said.
On people who 'go out' without voting, she said that only those who don't have patriotism, do such things.
"Please look at us. We are oldies but we get up at 6 o'clock, come here and vote. Please learn from us. Voting is a sacred part of democracy...," she added.
Infosys founder Narayana Murthy said that it is the responsibility of the elders to sit down with youngsters and advise them why voting is important.
"That's what my parents did," he told reporters.
Voting for the high-stakes Assembly elections in Karnataka began at 7 AM on Wednesday with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) eyeing to script history by retaining its southern citadel while a combative Congress eyes a comeback ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Polling is being held for 224 seats in what is being seen mainly as a three-cornered contest between the BJP, the Congress and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular).
The electoral fate of top guns including Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Congress veterans Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy among others will be sealed during the day-long exercise.
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