Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday cast his vote in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections at a booth here and appealed to people to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise.
He said the “voter ID” (identity card) was much morepowerful than the “IED” (improvised explosive device) of terrorists.
Modi arrived at the polling station set up in Nishan HighSchool, located in the Ranip area of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city, in an open jeepin the morning and exercised his democratic right.
BJP president Amit Shah, who is contesting the Lok Sabhaelection from the Gandhinagar seat, welcomed him outside the school andaccompanied him to the booth.
“I feel blessed to have exercised my franchise in thisbiggest festival of democracy. The power of the voter ID is much more than IEDof terrorism,” Modi later said, and urged people to come out in largenumbers to vote in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
While arriving at the polling booth, he greeted thousands ofpeople who had gathered on both sides of the road.
After casting his vote, Modi walked some distance from thepolling booth and later had a brief interaction with media persons.