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Votes of youth will be bedrock of New India: PM

PM Modi said such 'mock Parliaments' should be organised in every district before the proposed event in August in Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the youth who turn 18 on Monday to register as electors and said their votes would prove to be the bedrock of New India.
 
In his last Mann Ki Baat address of the year, he suggested a ‘mock Parliament’ be organised around August 15 in Delhi, comprising young representatives selected from every district to deliberate on how a New India could be formed in the next five years.

He said such ‘mock Parliaments’ should be organised in every district before the proposed event in August in the national Capital. In the new year, he

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