Narendra Modi takes on PM for not voting in Assam polls(Video)

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said it was the most unfortunate that Indian Prime Minister Manoman singh did not cast his vote in Assam election where he is a registered voter.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur, whose names are on the voters’ list of Assam, skipped voting in the assembly election that ended on Monday. The PM did not fly down to Assam to cast his vote and even did not apply for a postal ballot. Singh and his wife are listed voters in Dispur constituency.

“Today, when we are celebrating the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar, I am pained to learn that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not vote in the Assembly elections in Assam,” Modi said, speaking to reporters at a seminar at the Pandit Deen Dayal Petroleum University here.

“Ambedkarji gave us the Constitution, and the Constitution gave us the right to vote. To know that the Prime Minister did not vote in the Assembly polls is a very saddening act, for the people of the country,” he said.

“It is even more saddening, on the birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar,” Modi said.