Polling was underway on Friday in 88 constituencies spread across 13 states and union territories in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging people to cast their votes in record numbers.
Polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.
Asserting that their vote is their voice, Modi especially told the youth and women voters to turn up at the polling booths in great numbers, and said a high voter turnout strengthens democracy.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also urged voters to come out and vote to protect democracy from the clutches of dictatorship.
He also said that the Constitution should reverberate in their hearts before they push to voting button.
In Kerala and Karnataka, long queues of voters were seen outside polling booths as soon as voting started.
However, there were reports of EVM breakdowns in various booths across Kerala, delaying the election process in those places.
