Speaking to reporters in Ahmedabad, the Prime Minister urged the voters to solid their votes in massive numbers.
After casting his vote within the third part of Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday emphasised the significance of ‘Daan’ in our nation and stated that India’s election course of and election administration are examples for the world’s democracies to study from.
Speaking to reporters in Ahmedabad, the Prime Minister urged the voters to solid their votes in massive numbers.
“Today is voting for 3rd phase of the Lok Sabha Election 2024. I appeal to countrymen that they should vote in large numbers. In a democracy, ‘MatDaan’ is not a routine exercise. There is great importance of ‘Daan’ in our country and in the same spirit, the countrymen should vote as much as possible. 4 rounds of voting are still ahead. As a voter in Gujarat, this is the only place where I vote regularly and Amit Bhai is contesting from here as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. Last night, I arrived here from Andhra. I am here in Gujarat, and then I have to go to Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana too. I won’t be able to speak much but I want to thank the Gujarat voters and countrymen who cast their votes with great enthusiasm,” PM Modi stated.
He additional stated that the elections are held in 64 nations and there ought to be a comparability of all of them.
“India’s election process and election management are examples for the world’s democracies to learn from. The world’s biggest universities should do a case study. There are elections in around 64 countries and there should be a comparison of all of them. This year is like a celebration of democracy. All the media friends in India have more than 900 TV channels. There are more than 5,000 daily newspapers and they are completely coloured in the colours of elections. I again tell the countrymen to vote in large numbers and celebrate the festival of democracy,” he stated.
He additionally urged the mediapersons to handle their well being and consumption as a lot water as they will.
“You (media persons) are working day and night, so please take care of your health. During the election period, the media person has to run here and there. I want to appeal to all of you to take care of your health and drink a lot of water as much as you can,” he stated.
The Prime Minister solid his vote at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad, Gujarat for the third part of the Lok Sabha elections.
Prime Minister Modi additionally shared a light-hearted second with a toddler as he greeted individuals after casting his vote at a polling sales space in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He additionally stopped on the way in which and waved to individuals and even signed a sketch of himself.
PM Modi, draped in his customary Kurta Payjama and saffron-coloured half jacket, additionally confirmed the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote.
The polling began for 93 Lok Sabha seats throughout 12 states and union territories within the third part of the final election on Tuesday at 7:00 am.
The states and union territories the place the elections are being held on this part are Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2), Goa (2), Gujarat (25), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (11), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (10) and West Bengal (4). The BJP has bagged the Surat seat unopposed.’
In this part, greater than 1300 candidates, together with round 120 ladies, are within the fray.
A complete of 17.24 crore voters are eligible to solid their franchise on this part at 1.85 lakh polling stations. Seventy-five delegates from 23 nations will see the ballot course of, the ballot panel stated.
Voting is not going to happen for Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday because the Election Commission of India (ECI) has postponed the polling to the sixth part to be held on May 25. Originally, voting was scheduled to be held on 94 Lok Sabha seats within the third part.
However, elections had been rescheduled from the second to the third part within the Betul Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh as a result of dying of the BSP candidate. The BJP candidate in Surat has been declared the winner unopposed and as a result of revised polling schedule within the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, the entire seats now going to ballot are 93.
In 2019 basic election the BJP gained 72 of the 93 seats that go to the polls immediately.
The Lok Sabha elections are being held throughout seven phases, from April 19 to June 1. The counting is scheduled for June 4.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is revealed from ANI)
