Posted on: Apr 27, 2014

    Being from one of the strongest political family in Maharshtra, Actor Ritesh Deshmukh, who attended the second day of ongoing awards function in Tampa Bay on Thursday, says he has already voted on April 17 in his hometown Latur before coming for this event but it is unfair to say other actors did not vote because of IIFA.

"I am here for two days. My date of voting was April 17. Awards was committed to be held in Tampa Bay much before the voting dates were announced. There are lot of financial and other commitments like hosting, performing and etc.

"It is difficult to say that they (the actors) did not vote because of IIFA. What if they don't be here, then awards will suffer financial losses and everyone will say they have not come here. It is unfortunate and I don't think they don't want to vote. They are here because of certain commitments much before the dates were announced," Ritesh told reporters.