Bhubaneswar: With great enthusiasm amongst voters the first phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly polling process has begun in various parts of the country including Odisha.
In Odisha, polling has started for Berhampur, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, and Koraput, LOK Sabha Constituencies and 28 Assembly seats spreading over 7,303 polling stations.
Amidst the zest of the voting process, the Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik has spiked the zeal amongst the people with his social media post appealing to voters to participate in the democratic process.
CM Naveen has shared his post on the micro-blogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
ଆପଣମାନଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତିଟି ଭୋଟ୍ ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ରର ଭିତ୍ତିକୁ ମଜଭୁତ କରିବ। ବିକାଶର ଧାରାକୁ ଆଗେଇ ନେବ। ସାଧାରଣ ନିର୍ବାଚନ ୨୦୨୪ରେ ବହୁ ସଂଖାରେ ମତଦାନ କରି ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ରର ମହାପର୍ବରେ ସାମିଲ ହୁଅନ୍ତୁ। #GeneralElections2024 pic.twitter.com/sTQjWRS2Id
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) May 13, 2024
In his post, CM Patnaik wrote, “Your every vote will strengthen the foundation of democracy, taking forward the flow of development. Join in celebrating the great festive occasion of democracy by casting your votes in large numbers in General Elections, 2024”.
Within 3 hours of being published, the post has fetched more than 5.5k views, 341 likes, and more than 50 comments.
The post has also registered more than 60 reposts on the social media platform.
