New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah urged the voters in Gujarat, especially those exercising their franchise for the first time, to vote in record numbers.
He tweeted the appeal as the first phase of the assembly elections was set to start in his home state.
“Today is the first phase of the Gujarat elections. I call upon all those voting today, particularly first time voters to exercise their franchise in record numbers,” PM Modi said.
Polling began at 8 am on December 1 for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats across 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch region and southern parts of the state to decide the fate of 788 candidates.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also made an appeal to the voters: “In the last two decades, Gujarat has become synonymous with development and peace, which every Indian is proud of. But this was possible because of the strong government elected by the people of Gujarat.
“I appeal to the voters of the first phase to vote with unprecedented enthusiasm and numbers to continue this development journey.”
