After the start of voting in the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday urged the voters of the state to vote in large numbers as this is a golden opportunity to teach a lesson to the opportunistic rulers who have betrayed the people.
A total of 3.75 crore voters will decide the electoral fate of 1,314 candidates in the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections. In this phase, the fate of 16 ministers along with Chief Ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav from the opposition grand alliance, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha is also at stake.
Kharge posted on ‘X’, Voting for the first phase of assembly elections has started in Bihar, the birthplace of democracy. I appeal to the voters of Bihar to use their constitutional rights in maximum numbers and provide a new direction of change to the state after 20 years.
He said that we have to build such a Bihar where the future of the youth of the state is secure and they do not have to suffer the brunt of unemployment and migration. The Congress President said, every section of the society – Dalit, Mahadalit, tribal, backward, extremely backward, economically weak, minority – should get equal rights and a new dimension of social justice should be created so that Bihar’s contribution in the progress of the country increases.
He emphasized that, today the aware people of Bihar have a golden opportunity to teach a lesson to the opportunistic rulers who have betrayed the public in the last 20 years by branding corruption, misgovernance and jungle raj as ‘development’. Don’t let this opportunity go.
Kharge said, I especially appeal to the youth, who are voting for the first time, not to waste this opportunity and must exercise their franchise for change. Do vote and encourage your friends and family too. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called on voters to vote to protect democracy and the Constitution.
He posted on ‘X’, My dear brothers, sisters, mothers and youth of Bihar! Today is the day to decide your future with your own hands. Come out in large numbers and participate in the great festival of democracy. Priyanka Gandhi said, vote to protect your democracy, constitution and right to vote for jobs, education, health and bright future of Bihar.
