CJI DY Chandrachud has urged residents to not miss the chance to vote.
New Delhi:
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has urged residents to not miss the chance to vote within the normal elections, saying that it’s the “foremost duties” in a constitutional democracy.
In a video message for the Election Fee’s ‘My Vote My Voice’ mission for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Justice Chandrachud mentioned, “We’re residents of the world’s largest democracy, which is our nation.”
“The Structure provides us a large number of rights as residents but it surely additionally expects that every of us performs the responsibility, which is solid upon us. And one of many foremost duties of citizenship is to solid a vote in a constitutional democracy,” he mentioned.
“I’ll request each one among you please don’t miss this chance to vote responsibly as residents of our nice motherland. 5 minutes, each 5 years for our nation. It is doable, is not it? Let’s vote with satisfaction. My vote, my voice,” the CJI mentioned.
Justice Chandrachud mentioned the residents have a participatory function in electing the federal government and that’s the reason it’s mentioned that “this authorities is a authorities of the folks, by the folks and for the folks”.
He recalled his pleasure as the primary time voter and queuing up on the polling sales space to train the franchise.
“The ink on the finger once I vote permits super emotions of patriotism and affiliation with the nation…,” he mentioned.
“So our Structure and our legislation supplies for one citizen, one vote and one worth. I feel that is the nice tenacity and the ability of our nation as a constitutional democracy,” he mentioned.
The CJI mentioned he by no means missed that responsibility to solid his vote when he was a lawyer and needed to run round for work.
The Lok Sabha elections shall be held from April 19 to June 1, 2024 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.
The elections shall be held in seven phases and the outcomes shall be introduced on June 4. 2024.
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