UP Assembly Elections 2022: Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi urge people to come out and vote in Phase I of polling

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people eligible to vote in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls to participate in the exercise enthusiastically.

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Remember that “pahle matdan, phir jalpan” (First vote, then have breakfast), he tweeted.

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

He urged voters to participate in this festival of democracy while adhering to COVID-19 norms.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also urged people to come out and vote in Phase 1 of the elections. He said that people should vote to free the country from all fears.

“Free the country from all fears — come out and vote,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

देश को हर डर से आज़ाद करो-
बाहर आओ, वोट करो!

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 10, 2022

Polling for 58 Assembly seats spread across 11 districts in the western part of the state began in the morning. The districts where polling is being held are Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura and Agra.

Polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.

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