Bollywood celebrities are one of the guiding forces which inspire the citizens of the country to step out and vote. There, long before the polling process began across the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to many big names in the Indian film fraternity, requesting them to push for citizens’ participation in the electoral process,
However, during a round of interview recently when Alia Bhatt was asked about her vote, she revealed she wants to vote but can’t.
In an interview with India Today, Alia Bhatt, who was present along with Varun Dhawan, Sonakshi Sinha and Aditya Roy Kapur as a part of promotions of their upcoming film Kalank, asked about how they were going to do their bit to elect the new government.
To which, Varun, Sonakshi and Aditya combinedly said, “By voting.” But Alia said, “she want to vote in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections but won’t be able to do it.”
When asked for the reason, Alia simply said, “passport.”
As per India Today, Alia doesn’t hold an Indian passport as she is a British citizen and so is her mother Soni Razdan. Since Indian rules don’t allow anyone to hold dual citizenship, Alia can only cast her vote if she gives British citizenship up.
