Akshay Kumar dodges question about not voting

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Actor and producer Akshay Kumar chose to ignore and walk away when he was questioned about not voting in the Lok Sabha elections.

Akshay, who recently grabbed headlines for his “non-political” interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been widely trolled for not casting his vote on Monday.

“Chaliye, chaliye (let’s go, let’s go)” is how Akshay Kumar responded when at a special screening of the film ‘Blank’ on Tuesday, a media person asked him about giving voting a miss.

He then walked away.

The actor has established his image as Bollywood’s poster boy of patriotism with films like “Kesari”, “Toilet – Ek Prem Katha”, “Padman” and “Airlift”.

The fact that he missed voting gave trolls a field day with jokes and memes.

Akshay was one of the prominent Bollywood celebrities whom Modi had tagged in a tweet, asking him to encourage voting. And the actor had duly complied.

“The true hallmark of a democracy lies in people’s participation in the electoral process. Voting has to be a super hit ‘prem katha’ between our nation and its voters,” Kumar had Tweeted.

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