Lucknow: Today on early morning, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati came out to cast her vote at a polling booth in City Montessori Inter College in Lucknow. However, as media persons chased the veteran Dalit leader for a byte, Mayawati chose to walk away her held high. When urged further, she merely replied with an appeal to voters to come out and cast their vote: "Right to vote should be used for your own good. I appeal all to come out of homes and vote," the BSP chief said.  

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This was unsurprising for those who have followed the leader's media interactions closely. BSP Supremo’s rallies are long monotones of speeches, her press conferences a one-sided dialogue, where she reads out from a written speech, repeat herself if need be, but never speaks impromptu to the media. 

Nearly nine crore voters will decide the fate of 674 candidates, including political bigwigs Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Smriti Irani, in the fifth phase of polling on Monday in 15 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. 

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