Actor Anushka Sharma, who cast her vote in an all-women "Sakhi" polling booth in Versova, part of the Mumbai North West parliamentary constituency, was pleasantly surprised to get a kokam sharbat and a sanitary napkin packet.

As part of an Election Commission initiative to encourage women voters and honour women power, "Sakhi" polling booths, staffed entirely by women officials, have been set up in which women voters are given a sanitary napkin packet and kokam juice post voting, an official said. These booths have been decorated with balloons and rangoli as well, he added.