Ahmedabad, April 26 -- Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagdish Vishwakarma on Sunday cast his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad during the ongoing local body elections and urged citizens to participate in large numbers.

Speaking to ANI, Vishwakarma said that local body elections reflect the spirit of grassroots governance and public participation.

"The local body elections, representing local self-governance, are being celebrated as a festival of democracy across the entire state. Exercising one's right to vote signifies moving development forward," he said.

Highlighting the BJP's development agenda, he added, "Just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the politics of development to the entire nation, Chief Mini...