West Bengal Police on Thursday stopped the screening of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to first-time voters on the occasion of National Voters Day across the state, the BJP's media cell chief Amit Malviya alleged, adding that the broadcast was impeded despite having all necessary
Polling to elect the next President and the running mate began in Taiwan on Saturday, with over nineteen million people, of which one million are first-time voters, registered to cast their ballots across almost 18,000 polling stations in the island country.
Voting began in 199 out of 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan on Saturday after days of hectic campaigning by major political parties including the ruling Congress and BJP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended his greetings to first-time voters in Madhya Pradesh where polling is underway for the 230-member Assembly.
"I call upon the people of Mizoram to vote in record numbers. I particularly urge the young and first time voters to exercise their franchise and strengthen the festival of democracy," the Prime Minister said in a post on 'X'.
According to the Election Commission, there are 16.14 crore voters in these five states. Mizoram has 8.52 lakh, Chhattisgarh 2.03 crore, Madhya Pradesh 5.6 crore, Rajasthan 16.14 crores, Telangana 3.17 crores.
In an outreach aimed at positively engaging with first-time voters and the youth, a programme has been launched in “a unique format” to debate the burning national issues and to trace India’s success stories in the last nine years
Kharge tweeted, "People of Karnataka have decided that they shall choose a progressive, transparent and welfare-oriented government. Today, it is time vote in large numbers. We welcome our first time voters to participate in this democratic process for a better future."
A team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) comprising of Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commissioner of India Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel concluded its two-day visit to the State of Nagaland today.