Lok Sabha Elections 2024: An elderly woman tied rakhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he was greeting the people as he voted in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections at a polling booth in Ahmedabad. The Prime Minister joined hands and sought blessings from her. The visuals came forward when PM Modi was walking towards people, who were waving at him from both sides of the road, after exercising his franchise. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is the candidate from the seat.
PM Modi reached Gujarat late Monday night to cast his vote this morning. He was accompanied by Shah at the polling booth.
He was donning his customary Kurta Payjama and a saffron-coloured half jacket. As he walked out of the polling booth, he showed the indelible ink mark on his finger and spoke to the media in which he urged the people to come out in large numbers and cast their vote.
PM Modi urges people to vote in record numbers
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi urged people to vote in record numbers. He posted in different languages on his X account, urging people to exercise their franchise. "Urging all those who are voting in today’s phase to vote in record numbers. Their active participation will certainly make the elections more vibrant," the PM's post read.
The polling started for 93 Lok Sabha seats across 12 states and union territories in the third phase of the general election on Tuesday at 7:00 am. The states and union territories where the elections are being held in this phase 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.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024
It should be noted here that a total of 17.24 crore voters are eligible to cast their franchise in this phase at 1.85 lakh polling stations. Seventy-five delegates from 23 countries will see the poll process. The Lok Sabha elections are being held across seven phases, from April 19 to June 1. The counting is scheduled for June 4. The Narendra Modi-led BJP is seeking a third term in power, while the opposition INDIA bloc is aiming to wrest power by stopping the juggernaut.
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