20-Nov-2024 04:32 PM
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Mumbai, Nov 20 (Reporter) A month after former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddiqui was gunned down in suburban Bandra, his son and NCP candidate from Bandra East, Zeeshan Siddique, cast his vote in the Maharashtra Assembly polls on Wednesday while lamenting about coming to vote alone following his father's demise.
"For the first time, I have come alone to vote as my father (Baba Siddiqui) is no more," he said emotionally.
Zeeshan, who joined the NCP recently, remembered his father Baba Siddiqui who was killed on October 12 evening. Siddiqui was allegedly shot multiple times by three men as he exited his office in Bandra (West), Mumbai. Despite being rushed to Lilavati Hospital, he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
"This is different, but this will have to be done. I know that my father is with me. I started my day by visiting the graveyard in the morning... I think everyone must vote," he added...////...