Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Thursday wished the nation on the National Voters’ Day and in a series of tweets urged the youth of India to participate in the elections process to strengthen the Indian democracy.
PM Modi also congratulated Election Commission of India “which was founded on this day”.
Greetings to everyone on #NationalVotersDay. Congratulations to the Election Commission of India, which was founded on this day.
PM Modi shared a video urging people to register as voters and participate in nation building. The Prime Minister also said that those who were born after year 2000, will now be eligible to exercise their franchise. Therefore, they should act as the agent of change and contribute in the formation of ‘new India’ by enrolling themselves in the electoral rolls and by participate in the political process.
I urge all the eligible voters, particularly youngsters, to register themselves and strengthen our democracy with their participation.The power of a vote is immense. pic.twitter.com/GKd6zpbUP8
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 25, 2018
In a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a Law Ministry proposal was approved to celebrate 25 January every year as ‘National Voters’ Day’. It started from 25 January, 2011 to mark Commission’s foundation day.
The day is observed to mark the establishment of the Election Commission on this day in 1950, a day before India became a republic.
It is a day to celebrate the right to vote. In 2018, National Voters’ Day will celebrate its eight year. The celebrations will be used to spread awareness among voters regarding effective participation in the electoral process.