PM Modi requests Kohli, Dhoni, Tendulkar to inspire people to vote in 2019 elections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed a plethora of politicians, Bollywood actors and sports stars to encourage voter participation

With 17^th general elections around the corner, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed a plethora of politicians, Bollywood actors and sports stars to encourage voter participation. He urged them to inspire more people to come out and vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. On Tuesday, PM Modi took to his official Twitter account and reached out prominent personalities from a wide spectrum of society soon after posting a blog in which he made “four requests for democracy”.

Tagging Indian captain Virat Kohli, former captain MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, he urged them to inspire the Indian voters.

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In another post, he tagged some of the retired cricketers including Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag and requested them to promote the cause.

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Mentioning cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian PM said that whenever the former cricketer says something, people take note. Hence he asked the master blaster, along with veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar and ace musician AR Rahman, to inspire more citizens to come out and vote in the 2019 elections.

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He also mentioned sportspersons P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Phogat sisters, S.Kidambi; actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, business leaders Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra to encourage more voting in polls.