In a sharp attack on the Congress at an election rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam, the PM said that the party is teaching the youth of the country that voting is not essential.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday criticised Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for not casting his vote in the Lok Sabha elections.
In a sharp attack on the Congress at an election rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam, the PM said that the grand old party is teaching the youth of the country that voting is not essential.
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“The youth is coming out to vote for a progressive India. And you (Congress) are teaching them that voting is not essential. Diggi raja, you have committed a grave sin by not casting your vote,” the PM said referring to Digvijaya Singh, a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
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Polling in Bhopal, from where Singh is contesting the elections, were held in the sixth phase on Monday.
Singh was supposed to vote in Rajgarh, a constituency located 140 km from the Madhya Pradesh capital. However, he spent the entire day in Bhopal and did not travel to vote.
“Their arrogance was seen in Bhopal (yesterday),” the PM said.
“I myself went to Ahmedabad to cast my vote. The country’s President and vice-President stood in a queue to exercise their franchise. And this Diggi Raja has neither any concern for democracy nor for the responsibility of a voter,” the PM said.
Singh, who is facing BJP’s Pragya Singh Thakur in Bhopal, said on Sunday that he was “busy overseeing the voting in the constituency”.
Bhopal is a seat that the BJP has not lost in almost three decades.
Voting on eight seats in Madhya Pradesh was held on Sunday. The end of the sixth phase also marked the end of polling in all seats of the state, which was wrested from the BJP by the Congress in last year’s assembly elections.
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