Manan Tandon

Twenty-seven members of a joint family in Nagpur, Maharashtra, put aside their grief and went to cast votes on Friday despite losing an elderly relative a day ago.
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Madanmohan Khemani (74), the second of five brothers, died in Nagpur on Thursday.
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"He always talked about the importance of voting," said Manoj Khemani, his brother.
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"Hence, all 27 of us today exercised our franchise at the Wardhaman Nagar polling booth. After that, we took part in the Utthavna (post-death ritual)," he told PTI.
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Polling was held in five Lok Sabha seats, including Nagpur in Maharashtra, on Friday during the first phase of the general elections.
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