Today Tamilnadu,Kerala & Pondicherry is going to cast their vote to select the state government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged every one through tweet to cast the vote in this festival of Democracy.
He said in his tweet :
Urging all voters in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry to vote in record numbers today & be a part of this festival of democracy.
#TamilNaduPolls: Every vote counts. Elderly devoted voters reach polling stations to cast votes#AIRpics: MJayaSingh pic.twitter.com/UiNB0XvzVn
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) May 16, 2016
#TamilNaduPolls: A divyang (differently abled) reaches polling booth to cast his vote.#AIRpics: MJayaSingh pic.twitter.com/UBeoqypoDZ
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) May 16, 2016
Polling in north Kerala crosses 10 per cent till now in the morning session.
DMK president M Karunanidhi and actor Rajinikanth were among the early voters in Chennai who cast their votes in the first hour of polling.Confident of DMK’s victory in polls, Mr Krunanidhi said, “We will win enough number of seats, our winning prospects are bright.”
Counting of votes in all five states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry — will be taken up on May 19 to decide the outcome of what has been described as a “mini general elections”.