BJP Mahila chief casts her vote

Visakhapatnam: BJP Mahila Morcha State president Thota Vijayalakshmi exercised her franchise here on Thursday. Despite her ill-health, Vijayalakshmi said she was able to pull it off at the polling booth. Vijayalakshmi made her electoral debut from Anakapalle constituency on the Congress ticket in 2014.

"Despite the weather condition which is not conducive, I am glad that I could wait in the queue for more than three hours to exercise my franchise," she says, flaunting her inked finger and brimming with pride.