Ensure record turnout: Modi to youth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday urged voters, especially youngsters in Haryana and Maharashtra, to cast their votes and ensure a record turnout.

"Urging the people of Haryana and Maharashtra to go out and cast their votes. Youngsters must show the way and ensure record turnout," the prime minister said in a tweet.

Polling is under way for the 288 Maharashtra assembly constituencies and the lone Lok Sabha by-elections for Beed parliamentary seat, as well as 90 assembly seats in Haryana.