Modi urges first-time voters to register for LS polls

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged first-time voters to register and cast their ballots in the coming Lok Sabha polls.
Delivering his first “Mann Ki Baat” address of 2019, Modi said: “This year, the Lok Sabha elections will be held in our country and this will be the first time that youth born after 2000 will vote.
“An opportunity has come for them to take the responsibility of the nation on their shoulders. They are now going to become a partner in the decision-making process of the country. I urge the youth to register themselves as voters.” Modi also hailed the Election Commission (EC) for holding elections across the length and breadth of the country and said that the people of the country were proud of it.
“The EC was formed on January 25, 1950, and the day is celebrated annually as National Voters Day. Seeing the scale on which the elections are held in India, it is natural for people across the world to be surprised. ” He said the EC was an institution that every citizen must be proud of.