Savitri Jindal, the richest Indian woman and leader of the BJP with a $33 billion net worth, who also happens to have a young son named Naveen Jindal running for office, went to her hometown of Hisar, Haryana, on Saturday to cast her ballot.
Along with her late husband Om Prakash Jindal, who founded the Jindal Group in 1979, former state minister Savitri Jindal (74), the chief minister Nayab Saini and his predecessor Manohar Lal Khattar were among the first voters to cast their ballots at their respective polling places.
Following her vote, Savitri informed the media that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has led to the nation’s rapid development.
Seemingly confident about the BJP’s prospects in the general elections, she added, “Prime Minister Modi will be elected for a third consecutive term.”
Savitri’s youngest son Naveen Jindal (54) is the BJP’s candidate from Kurukshetra, the seat he represented between 2004 and 2014.
Savitri and her son switched from the Congress to the BJP in March, ending their nearly two-decade association with the Congress.
Mr Jindal is taking on AAP candidate and former Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Gupta. The AAP is contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Haryana in an alliance with Congress and has been given Kurukshetra. The Congress is contesting on the remaining nine seats in alliance with AAP.
Savitri joined politics following the death of her husband won the 2005 Hisar assembly bypoll and joined the Haryana government.
Later, she won the Assembly polls from Hisar in 2009 and became a minister in 2013.
Polling started at 7 a.m. across all the 10 Lok Sabha seats and a bypoll of the Karnal Assembly seat amid tight security in the sixth and penultimate phase of the general elections. It will continue till 6 p.m.
