The Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh are slated to begin from today. Calling it a ‘holy festival of democracy’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to urge voters to actively participating in voting and exercise their franchise.
“Today is the first phase of voting in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. I request all the voters to participate enthusiastically in this holy festival of democracy by following the rules of COVID-19. Remember – Vote first, then refreshments!” said PM Modi in a tweet (roughly translated from Hindi).
उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पहले चरण की वोटिंग है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरा आग्रह है कि वे कोविड नियमों का पालन करते हुए लोकतंत्र के इस पावन पर्व में बढ़-चढ़कर हिस्सा लें। याद रखना है- पहले मतदान, फिर जलपान!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 10, 2022
Ahead of the elections in five states, PM Modi Wednesday exuded confidence about BJP’s prospects in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, saying the party will get “full majority” in all the contests. “I have seen in all these states an inclination towards BJP,” he said in an interview to news agency ANI.
Voting for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections on 58 assembly seats covering 11 districts of the state will begin on Thursday at 7 am. The voting will conclude at 6 pm today.
The districts that are going to the polling today include Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Hapur, Shamli, Baghpat, Aligarh, Agra and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
As many as 623 candidates are in the fray in the first phase of the assembly polls while nearly 2.27 crore voters will decide the fate of these candidates.
