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Modi reached the polling booth five minutes before the official time for polling

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The polling to elect the next President of India began in the morning in the state capitals and in Parliament House in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the first to reach the polling station in Parliament House. Modi reached the polling booth five minutes before the official time for polling. Seeing that the polling staff were a tad nervous that he was waiting, the PM asked them to go about their work and start the polling process at the appointed hour. According to sources, the PM told the officers that as a youngster he would always

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