Shahrukh Khan caught with the election fever!

Shahrukh Khan caught with the election fever!With election fever high in the country, views from all corners are pouring into the great Indian election drama. But when Shah Rukh Khan says something on the issue, you just know people will lend the Badshah an ear.

At a recently-held promotional event for his Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders, the King Khan was asked if he will return from South Africa to vote.

“I will definitely fly down from South Africa to cast my vote. It doesn’t matter if I have to take a flight and go back just to be here to exercise my electoral right.”

The forward-thinking Khan then elaborated on his idea to have a system of telephonic voting in the country.

Encouraging youngsters to come out and vote during the upcoming elections he said, “I think everybody should vote. Don’t you think that there should be a telephonic voting system in the country?”

SRK also expressed his disappointment at the fact that people are always complaining about the state of affairs in this country, when they have no right to do so if they don’t cast their vote.

“Nobody has the right to complain about the country until he or she votes. First cast your vote and if the elected people don’t work, then you can go ahead and complain,” he said.

“Selecting your candidate is not that hard. Just go around in your locality and ask people who have done work in the area. Then you assess and vote. It doesn’t take more than two days to assess the candidates in your area,” he added.

Shah Rukh also requested citizens to not go by what television channels keep flashing about candidates. “Don’t go by what the television shows project about candidates. It is a war-like situation shown on TV. Even if you don’t know candidates nationally, at least know the ones in your locality.”

Calling himself young at the age of 43, he urged all the youngsters in the country to wake up and use their right to vote. “I think that it is the youngsters who can take the country forward. And of what I have seen, the majority that doesn’t vote are the youngsters.”