India News | Bride in Wedding Attire Reaches Booth, Casts Vote

Sheikhpura (Bihar), Apr 19 (PTI) A bride in her wedding finery arrived at a polling booth on Friday and cast her vote in Bihar's Sheikhpura which comes under the Jamui Lok Sabha constituency.

Sushmita Kumari, a resident of Chakdiwan locality in Sheikhpura, was one of the first voters to reach the booth.

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She went there immediately after completion of the wedding rituals in the morning.

"I told my family that I would first cast my vote and then leave for my in-laws' place in Deoghar in Jharkhand. My family and in-laws agreed to that,” Kumari told reporters.

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She said she would now get herself enrolled as a voter in Deoghar.

Jamaui is one of the four Lok Sabha seats in Bihar where polling was held during the day.

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