New Delhi, March 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the announcement of the General election 2024 on Saturday, saying “BJP-NDA is fully prepared to contest the elections”.

In a series of social media posts on “X”, Modi said, “On the basis of our track record of good governance and public service, we will go among the people”.

He further added that , “The biggest festival of democracy has started. The Election Commission has announced the dates of 2024 Lok Sabha elections. BJP-NDA is fully prepared to contest these elections”.

The Prime Minister also expressed confidence that the party will get full “affection and blessings” of 140 crore family members and more than 96 crore voters for the third consecutive time.

The Election Commission of India announced the schedule of the general election here which will begin on 19 April in 7 phases. The counting of votes will take place on 4 June.

“I can clearly see that the coming five years will be about our collective resolve of establishing the roadmap that will guide our trajectory as a nation for the next thousand years and make India the embodiment of prosperity, all-round growth and global leadership” PM wrote on X.

He said, I derive great strength from people’s blessings, especially the poor, our farmers, Yuva and Nari Shakti”.

“When they say ‘मैं हूँ मोदी का परिवार’, ( ‘I am Modi’s family’) it fills me with joy and makes me work harder to build a Viksit Bharat. This is the era to make it happen and together we will! यही समय है सही समय है! (“This is the right time!”) Modi further said.

According to CEC Rajiv Kumar, there are 96.8 crore people who are eligible to cast vote, of which, approximately 47.15 crore are women.

UNI