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Aisshwarya DKS Hegde, the daughter of Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, on Friday, said that she doesn't intend to join politics adding that she is happy being an educationist. She also showed support to her uncle and Congress MP DK Suresh, who has been fielded by Congress from Bangalore Rural parliamentary constituency and is the only Karnataka MP to fight on the grand old party's ticket.

"I have no intentions (to join politics). I am an educationist and I am happy doing that. Everyone needs to work in different fields to make India proud, and I am working in a field that is required right now," she said while speaking to the reporters in Bengaluru after casting her vote.

In 2021, Aisshwarya got married to Amartya Hegde, the grandson of BJP leader SM Krishna and the son of the late Cafe Coffee Day founder, VG Siddhartha.

Meanwhile, as voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha began on Friday, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday urged first-time voters to "go for a change" as BJP has been in power in the centre for a decade and to give his party, the Congress a chance.

"Karnataka is going to poll; the state is giving very big results and people are very happy as whatever we said in the last elections we have delivered. Women are cutting across the party line, all of them are favouring us and I thank all of them. For the first-time voters- the youth of this country, I have to say that Congress has put up a beautiful manifesto. You have to make a change as it is needed, you have given 10 years and now let's go for a change," he said.

Voting is conducted for 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.

The second phase has 88 Lok Sabha constituencies across 13 States/Union Territory, including 13 in Rajasthan, 20 in Kerala, eight in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, six in Madhya Pradesh, three each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and one each in Tripura, Manipur, and Jammu & Kashmir.

34.8 lakh first-time voters are registered to cast their votes. Additionally, there are 3.28 crore young voters in the age group of 20-29 years. 1202 candidates (males: 1098; females: 102; third gender: 02) are in the fray.