Mamata Banerjee urges voters to embrace strength and protect the idea of plural India on National Voters Day

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the voters to “rise up to their own strengths” and to “resist every idea of weakness” and exercise their right to safeguard the “idea of plural India” on the occasion of National Voters Day.

“Today, on this National Voters' Day, I urge upon my fellow citizens of India to rise up to their own strengths, to resist every idea of weakness, to respond to the call of the diverse Nation of ours, and help institutionalise humanity above everything else. Development devoid of plurality and humanity is like erecting a castle without smiling faces living inside,” posted the West Bengal Chief Minister on “X”.

Mamata Banerjee stated that the voters of the country are “more powerful” than the “few in power.” “My dear brothers and sisters, your power to vote is what puts some chosen few in power and thus you are more powerful than the few in power. Every vote counts and every vote should be for our motherland, for the idea of plural India,” she added.

Every year on January 25, National Voters' Day is commemorated to promote engagement in the electoral process. The Election Commission conducts campaigns to ease the voter registration process, with a particular emphasis on facilitating the enrollment of new voters.​