PM Modi Serves Langar At Gurudwara Patna Sahib Amid Lok Sabha Phase 4 Voting

Langar was served at Gurudwara Patna Sahib in Bihar's Patna on Monday, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part actively.

This occurred amid the fourth phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections, where voting for the five Lok Sabha seats in Bihar to decide the fate of 55 candidates commenced at 7 am in Begusarai, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Munger, and Darbhanga and will continue till 6 pm, as reported by ABP.

PM Modi Serves Langar At Gurudwara Patna Sahib

In the video shared by news agency ANI, PM Modi can be seen serving langar in a saffron turban. An urging was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday for people to vote in large numbers, stating it is everyone's duty to strengthen India's democracy.

With assembly polls also being conducted in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha alongside the Lok Sabha elections across the country, Modi appealed to voters to turn up at polling booths in record numbers. It was noted by him that in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, 96 seats across 10 states and Union Territories are going to the polls.

The Prime Minister expressed confidence that people in these constituencies will vote in large numbers, with the surge in voting being powered by young and women voters. He added, "Come, let's all do our duty and strengthen our democracy!" He further stated, "Urging the people of Andhra Pradesh, especially first-time voters, to vote in record numbers in the Assembly Elections. May these polls further enhance our democratic spirit," as per media reports.

Odisha voters were told by him, "Your vote is your voice' let it be heard loudly and clearly." While the three phases of the polls have so far seen less turnout in percentage terms than in 2019, the gap with the previous elections has steadily narrowed amid efforts by the Election Commission to boost polling.

In the Lok Sabha Phase 4 voting in Bihar, over 11.61 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise in Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency, 11.11 per cent in Samastipur, 10.26 per cent in Munger, 9.31 per cent in Ujiarpur, and 8.85 per cent in Begusarai till 9 am. Approximately 95.85 lakh electors are eligible to exercise their franchise across 5,398 polling stations, as per officials.

Re-election is sought by Union Minister Giriraj Singh from Begusarai, where his primary opponent is CPI's Awadhesh Rai. Singh had defeated former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in the same seat.

In Ujiarpur, which has the lowest number of voters at 17.48 lakh but hosts the maximum of 13 candidates, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai aims for a third consecutive term. His principal rival is Alok Mehta, a senior RJD leader and former state minister, as reported by ABP.

Samastipur, formerly known as Rosera, presents a battleground for two debutants - Congress' Sunny Hazari and Shambhavi Choudhary of LJP (Ram Vilas) - both offspring of senior JD(U) leaders and ministers in the Nitish Kumar cabinet. Sunny is the son of Maheshwar Hazari who had won the seat on a JD(U) ticket in 2009, while Shambhavi is the daughter of Ashok Choudhary, a minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet.