Ahmedabad: BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today appealed to politicians and prominent personalties from other fields to work towards registration of youths as voters.
Modi made the appeal through micro-blogging site Twitter, asking politicians, Bollywood biggies, cricketers and social and spiritual leaders to work for registration of youths as voters in age group 18 to 24, considered by BJP as its core constituency.
The Gujarat Chief Minister reached out to prominent voices in the social media, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his ardent critic, Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor.
“Studies point to several ‘eligible' voters who are yet unregistered. Are you one of them? Now is time to get registered ASAP,” Modi said on his twitter handle. “I request prominent voices on social media to promote voter registration among youngsters and strengthen our democracy.”
