Gujarat elections 2022: Met Narendra Modi before casting vote, asked him to take some rest as well, says PM's brother Somabhai
Ahmedabad, December 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's elder brother Somabhai Modi cast his vote in Ahmedabad on Monday in the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections.
Somabhai Modi cast his vote at Nishan Public school, Ranip in Ahmedabad, the same polling booth where PM Modi had voted. Somabhai got emotional as he talked about the Prime Minister who visited him earlier on Monday.
"I asked him (PM Modi) that he works a lot for the country, and he should take some rest as well," Somabhai said.
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He said the people of the country could not ignore the kind of work that was being done at the national level since 2014, which he believed would be the basis of voting in the Gujarat Assembly elections.
"My only message to the voters is that they should use their votes well. They should vote for such a party that would work for the development of the country. The people have seen the kind of work that has been done at the national level since 2014, they cannot ignore it. People will vote based on that," he said.
Earlier, PM Modi cast his vote at Nishan Public school, Ranip, in Ahmedabad and thanked the people of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat for celebrating the festival of democracy with great pomp.
"The festival of democracy has been celebrated with great pomp by the people of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. I want to thank the people of the country. I also want to congratulate Election Commission for conducting elections peacefully," PM Modi said.
The locals in Ahmedabad, who were at the polling booth where the Prime Minister cast his vote, said that they had come to the booth early morning to get a glimpse of PM Modi.
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"We have come early morning to see the Prime Minister. We first saw him, then cast our votes. We feel very proud when we see the Prime Minister. It is a moment of bliss when PM Modi comes here to cast his vote," one of the locals said.
Earlier, Erstwhile royal Rajmata Shubhanginiraje Gaekwad, cast her vote at a polling booth in Vadodara and asked people to exercise their right to vote.
"Voting is our right. I appeal to everyone to exercise their franchise. There is no right without responsibility," she said.
Polling for the second and final phase of the Gujarat Assembly Elections for 93 Assembly constituencies across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat began at 8 am amid tight security arrangements on Monday. As many as 833 candidates from 61 parties are in the fray in the second phase of the Gujarat elections whose fate will be decided by over 2.51 crore electorates.
- ANI
