India, Feb. 5 -- Several dignitaries and high-profile voters turned up early to cast their ballot as Delhi went to polls on Wednesday amid tight security and high hopes that first-time voters could prove gamechangers in the national capital.

In the early hours of the day, President Draupadi Murmu cast her vote at a polling station inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan complex. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar called the election process "the oxygen of democracy", while Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi too cast their votes.

"I am confident that the people of Delhi will vote in large numbers and choose their government. It is also important because it decides what you want in your city. There a...