(Raja Karthik, 33, moved five years ago from Hyderabad to London, where he works with an IT company. He flew down to his home town to vote in the national election)I was at the booth in Khairatabad constituency this morning, and had been waiting for my turn for more than an hour and a half. There were 10 people in front of me, about 20 behind me. Former Supreme Court judges, senior citizens and others were waiting patiently.
Suddenly I saw a lot of media people rushing. I thought a celebrity must have arrived. I then saw Chiranjeevi and his family walk straight past me.
I went to him and said "We have been standing for 90 minutes for our turn. You can't jump the queue. Your family members are voting already, that's not fair." (
Applause as voter stops Chiranjeevi from jumping voters' queue)I respect him and his work but my personal opinion is that politicians should be setting an example for people, not the other way around.
He just shook my hand and said "OK" and went back in the queue. (
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After this incident, everyone applauded and shook hands with me and said that it was a good move.
My principle was to tell him that it was a mistake.
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