NEW DELHI – Indian PM Modi at a rally in Maharashtra yesterday askedfirst-time voters to dedicate their ballots to the armed forces *Times ofIndialinkon Wednesday.
“I want to tell the first-time voters: can your first vote be dedicated tothe soldiers [who carried out the air strike in Pakistan? Can your firstvote be dedicated to the soldiers [killed in] Pulwama?” Modi was quoted assaying.
Last month, the election commission had issued an advisory asking politicalparties and candidates to refrain from “indulging in political propagandainvolving activities of defence forces” related to Pak-India tensionsfollowing the Pulwama attack during their election campaigns, *ToI* reported.
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*Hindustan Timeslink*quotedsources in the poll panel as saying that that the chief electoral officerof Maharashtra has been asked to submit a report on the matter at theearliest.
