Lok Sabha elections 2024: India's election process is an example for world's democracies, says PM Modi after casting his vote

After casting his vote in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday emphasised the importance of Daan in our country and said that Indias election process and election management are examples for the worlds democracies to learn from reported news agency ANISpeaking to reporters in Ahmedabad the Prime Minister urged the voters to cast their votes in large numbersToday is voting for 3rd phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 I appeal to countrymen that they should vote in large numbers In a democracy MatDaan is not a routine exercise There is great importance of Daan in our country and in the same spirit the countrymen should vote as much as possible 4 rounds of voting are still ahead As a voter in Gujarat this is the only place where I vote regularly and Amit Bhai is contesting from here as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Last night I arrived here from Andhra I am here in Gujarat and then I have to go to Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra and Telangana too I wont be able to speak much but I want to thank the Gujarat voters and countrymen who cast their votes with great enthusiasm PM Modi said reported ANIHe further said that the elections are held in 64 countries and there should be a comparison of all of themIndias election process and election management are examples for the worlds democracies to learn from The worlds biggest universities should do a case study There are elections in around 64 countries and there should be a comparison of all of them This year is like a celebration of democracy All the media friends in India have more than 900 TV channels There are more than 5000 daily newspapers and they are completely coloured in the colours of elections I again tell the countrymen to vote in large numbers and celebrate the festival of democracy he said reported ANIHe also urged the mediapersons to take care of their health and intake as much water as they canYou media persons are working day and night so please take care of your health During the election period the media person has to run here and there I want to appeal to all of you to take care of your health and drink a lot of water as much as you can he said reported ANIThe Prime Minister cast his vote at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad Gujarat for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024Prime Minister Modi also shared a lighthearted moment with a child as he greeted people after casting his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad Gujarat He also stopped on the way and waved to people and even signed a sketch of himselfPM Modi draped in his customary Kurta Payjama and saffroncoloured half jacket also showed the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his voteThe polling started for 93 Lok Sabha seats across 12 states and union territories in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Tuesday at 700 amThe states and union territories where the elections are being held in this phase are Assam 4 Bihar 5 Chhattisgarh 7 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 2 Goa 2 Gujarat 25 Karnataka 14 Maharashtra 11 Madhya Pradesh 8 Uttar Pradesh 10 and West Bengal 4 The BJP has bagged the Surat seat unopposedIn this phase more than 1300 candidates including around 120 women are in the frayA total of 1724 crore voters are eligible to cast their franchise in this phase at 185 lakh polling stations Seventyfive delegates from 23 countries will see the poll process the poll panel said reported ANIVoting will not take place for Jammu and Kashmirs AnantnagRajouri Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday as the Election Commission of India ECI has postponed the polling to the sixth phase to be held on May 25 Originally voting was scheduled to be held on 94 Lok Sabha seats in the third phaseHowever elections were rescheduled from the second to the third phase in the Betul Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh due to the death of the BSP candidate The BJP candidate in Surat has been declared the winner unopposed and due to the revised polling schedule in the AnantnagRajouri seat the total seats now going to poll are 93In 2019 general election the BJP won 72 of the 93 seats that go to the polls todayThe Lok Sabha elections 2024 are being held across seven phases from April 19 to June 1 The counting is scheduled for June 4With inputs from ANI