Times, they surely aren't being kind to actor-turned-politician, Chiranjeevi. Being used to having fans queue up to watch his latest releases, the actor was served a huge piece of humble pie when he was stopped from jumping the queue to caste his vote on Wednesday in Jubilee Hills polling station.

As per reports, Chiranjeevi, along with his family members arrived at the polling booth a little after 9:30 am. There was a long queue at the booth, with senior citizens and other celebrities patiently waiting for their turn.

Reportedly, initially, the actor and his family stood in the line, but being prodded by some fans and security personnel, Chiranjeevi decided to ditch the line and go ahead to caste his vote, instead.

However, he was stopped by a voter, Karthik, who apparently flew down from London to cast his vote. Karthik pointed out that it was unfair of him to jump the line, when other voters have been waiting for a long time. He reportedly questioned the actor if the latter needed special treatment?

"I respect Chirajeevi. But he is not 65 years of age, then why should he be given special treatment," he questioned.

Even some senior citizen took umbrage at Chiranjeevi's actions.The senior citizens who were waiting since 7 am, said that Chiranjeevi, in spite of being Union Minister, did not understand their plight.

Sensing trouble, the actor quickly apologised to the voter, and went back to the queue.His family members, including son Ram Charan, cast their votes early. After the incident, many voters applauded the action of the Cambridge-based young IT professional.

Refuting these allegations later, Chiranjeevi while speaking to reporters said that he went ahead only to double check if his name was included in the voters' list or not. He reiterated that he did not violate any rules, and said that he was a person who respected democracy. He also blamed the media for making a big deal out of nothing.

As per reports, there was a delay of one and half hours at the polling booth as one of the EVM was defective. Actor Sumanth too waited for one hour in the line to cast his vote.

-Siva@Sakshipost

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