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PM Narendra Modi calls on celebrities to ‘inspire’ Indians to vote in 2019 general elections
- In a Twitter blitz, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked celebrities such as Virat Kohli and Aamir Khan to call upon the nation to exercise its voting rights
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a Twitter blitz on Wednesday, calling on Bollywood stars and other celebrities to urge Indians to vote in the country’s upcoming general elections taking place between April 11 and May 19.
In 29 rapid-fire tweets, Modi tagged cricket stars Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Bollywood actors Aamir Khan and Vicky Kaushal, asking them to inspire others to exercise their voting rights.
“Dear @msdhoni, @imVkohli and @ImRo45. You are always setting outstanding records on the cricketing field but this time, do inspire the people of India to set a new record of high voter turnout in the upcoming elections,” he wrote in one post. “When this happens, democracy will be the winner!”
Modi, who has 46.3 million Twitter followers, also reached out to his political rivals, including Rahul Gandhi who heads the centre-left Congress party.
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“A high turnout augurs well for our democratic fabric,” he said in a message marked to Gandhi.
Elections in the world’s largest democracy have long been plagued by lack of trust in its polling procedures, with the Election Commission recently launching new measures aimed at combating issues seen in the previous 16 ballots:
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