Somabhai Modi, the eldest brother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, voted in the second phase of the assembly elections on Monday in Ahmedabad.
Somabhai Modi voted at the same polling booth as Prime Minister Modi, the Nishan Public School in Ranip, Ahmedabad.
Somabhai became emotional as he spoke about the Prime Minister, who had visited him earlier on Monday.
The Prime Minister’s brother revealed their conversation while speaking to the media.
“I told him (PM Modi) that he works a lot for the country, and he should take some rest as well,” Somabhai said.
He said that the people of the country cannot ignore the kind of work that has been done at the national level since 2014, which he believed would be the basis of voting in the Gujarat Assembly elections.
“My only message to the voters is that they should use their votes well. They should vote for such a party that would work for the development of the country. The people have seen the kind of work that has been done at the national level since 2014, they cannot ignore it. People will vote based on that,” he said.
Earlier on Momday, PM Modi cast his vote at Nishan Public school, Ranip in Ahmedabad and thanked the people of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat for celebrating the festival of democracy with great pomp.
“The festival of democracy has been celebrated with great pomp by the people of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. I want to thank the people of the country. I also want to congratulate Election Commission for conducting elections peacefully,” PM Modi said.
Locals in Ahmedabad who were present at the voting location where the Prime Minister cast his ballot claimed to have arrived early in the morning to catch a glimpse of PM Modi.
“We have come early this morning to see the Prime Minister. We first saw him, then cast our votes. We feel very proud when we see the Prime Minister. It is a moment of bliss when PM Modi comes here to cast his vote,” one of the locals said.
Earlier, erstwhile royal Rajmata Shubhanginiraje Gaekwad cast her vote at a polling booth in Vadodara and asked people to exercise their right to vote.
“Voting is our right. I appeal to everyone to exercise their franchise. There is no right without responsibility,” she said.