Increase the voter turnout to 75%, PM urges party workers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his party workers to ensure that voter turnout in their respective localities reaches 75 percent in honour of the country's 75th anniversary.

Modi instructed the BJP's "Panna pramukhs" (page in-charge) in Gujarat to check that each of them is connected to every voter on their list and their families and to get the names of people who have worked and sacrificed for the party since the Jana Sangh days on the Kamal Pushp via the NaMo app.

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The BJP's Kamal Pushp programme is part of the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav Parv, which aims to collect stories from BJP and Jana Sangh karyakartas. The Prime Minister also requested them to encourage every voter to engage in the party's micro-donation programme, which aims to strengthen the organization and fight malnutrition at the booth level.

According to Modi, the voter turnout has increased since the first general election (45 percent), but it remains low, and all political parties must pay attention to it. According to him, the figure increased to 67 percent in the most recent general election in 2019. “The percentage of women voters…has gone up. In some places, women outnumbered men in turning up for voting. But the voting percentage is still low and this needs everyone’s attention. All political parties and citizens need to think about this.”

Modi reminded the party workers that January 25 is National Voters' Day in his opening comments. He noted that India's Election Commission, which was founded in 1951 to promote free and fair elections, has become a model for other democratic countries, noting that voter turnout has increased from 45 percent in the first election to barely 67 percent in the most recent (in 2019).

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He said, “All of you, in fact, every party should think why the voter turnout is so low. Why the urban people who are active on social media do not come out and vote. It should be changed.” “Can we take a pledge that our Panna pramukhs will see that in this 75th year of Independence, there is 75% voter turnout in their booth.”

He was, however, pleased that when voting takes place in their communities, young people regard the "inked finger" as a "cool statement or fashion statement."

He was, however, pleased that when voting takes place in their communities, young people regard the "inked finger" as a "cool statement or fashion statement."

“The discourse should continue, then only some outcome would be there. We all know how frequent elections affect works.” The Prime Minister also urged that the debates on One Nation, One Election, and One Nation, One Voter List be continued. Since becoming a power in 2014, Modi has emphasized the idea of a single election.

He also wanted feedback on the party's development efforts, organizational activities, immunization programme, and outreach efforts.

Modi urged them to make sure that the "contributions and sacrifices" of everyone who has worked for the BJP since the Jana Sangh days, as well as those who battled the Emergency, are recognized on the Kamal Pushp so that "the next generation can be inspired by them." Every panna pramukh, he said, should make sure that those whose names appear on their sites participate in the BJP's micro-donation campaign, even if it's only Rs 5, Rs 10, or Rs 15.

On the 25th anniversary of A B Vajpayee's birth, the NaMo app launched a micro contribution campaign, which will run till February 11th, Deen Dayal Upadhyay's death anniversary.

The Prime Minister, noting that childhood malnutrition is a problem that the party and the country must address, enlisted the help of his party's members in the fight.

PM Modi further added,  “It’s important that everyone participates in this fight. If children are healthy, our society will be healthy. The panna pramukhs should see that there are health fairs in each booth.”