ITANAGAR, Apr 18: On the eve of the general elections 2024, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt General (Retd) KT Parnaik on Thursday appealed to the State's electorate to wholeheartedly participate in the greatest 'festival of democracy' and exercise their franchise to elect their representatives for the 11th State Legislative Assembly and the 18th Lok Sabha.
The Governor said that "the election process is a festival for all and celebrating the festival is the moral, social and practical duty of every citizen. Therefore, it is necessary that we all go to our polling booth on the day of voting and exercise our precious franchise," he emphasised.
Parnaik said that India is the largest democracy in the world and all Indians are proud of it. "The democratic foundation of our nation is based on elections and we all Indian citizens have the constitutional right to choose our leaders through voting," he emphatically said.
The Governor also appealed to all the officials involved in this democratic process to work with dedication, impartiality, transparency, accountability and devotion to duty, a communique from the Raj Bhavan said.
Arunachal Pradesh goes to simultaneous polls on April 19 (Friday) to elect 50 members of the State Assembly and two Lok Sabha MPs. Counting of votes for the assembly election will take place on June 2 - two days ahead of the declaration of Lok Sabha polls results.