New Delhi, April 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a message highlighting the importance of voting, quoting 99-year-old voter HV Hande, who first exercised his franchise in 1946.

The Prime Minister emphasised that voting is a crucial responsibility in shaping the nation's future on X post.

In his post, PM Modi wrote, "An extremely important message! I hope you will strengthen our democracy by casting the highest number of young votes."

HV Hande is a five-time legislator and has been Tamil Nadu Health Minister twice in the MGR's cabinet.

This comes amid Phase 1 of the Assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, along with bypolls in several states.

The late afternoon figures highlight an intense wave of voter participati...