New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah urged people to vote as the staggered Lok Sabha elections began Thursday, saying “your one vote will decide the future of this great nation”.
“I request each and every voter to come out and vote,” the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said. “The power of democracy lies in your single vote, your one vote will decide the future of this great nation.”
Shah issued similar appeals, in different languages, to people in various states going to the polls on Thursday in the first of the seven-phased election to pick a new Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to social media to appeal voters, especially the young first-time voters, to come out in large numbers and exercise their constitutional rights.
“I call upon all those whose constituencies are voting in the first phase today to turn out in record numbers and exercise their franchise,” he tweeted. “I specially urge young and first-time voters to vote in large numbers,” he said.
2019 Lok Sabha elections commence today.
I call upon all those whose constituencies are voting in the first phase today to turn out in record numbers and exercise their franchise.
I specially urge young and first-time voters to vote in large numbers.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 11, 2019
IANS