Delhi Assembly Election 2020: PM Modi urges youth to vote in large numbers

New Delhi : Voting for Delhi election began at 8 am across several polling booths in the national capital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters to be the participant in the festival of democracy by exercising maximum turnout.

"Today is the day of voting for the Delhi assembly elections. I appeal all voters to participate in this festival of democracy in maximum numbers and create a new voting record," the Prime Minister tweeted in Hindi.

"Urging the people of Delhi, especially my young friends, to vote in record numbers," he added.

Over 1.4 crore voters can exercise their votes today to choose the next government in Delhi.

In the last assembly elections in 2015, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had registered a landslide victory by winning 67 of the 70 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had got three seats and the Congress zero.