Ahmedabad:

Pranav Adani, Managing Director (Agro, Oil and Gas) of Adani Group exercised his vote in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday, along with his family members.

Taking to X, Pranav Adani wrote that India’s elections aren’t just the world’s largest but are a remarkable showcase of diversity and unity, where every vote counts.

“I just voted, fulfilling my constitutional duty. Now it’s your turn! Make your voice heard. Cast your vote,” the X post read.

India’s elections aren’t just the world’s largest. They are a remarkable showcase of diversity and unity, where every vote counts. I just voted, fulfilling my constitutional duty. Now it’s your turn! Make your voice heard. Cast your vote. #Elections2024pic.twitter.com/atlIBzX56V

— Pranav Adani (@PranavAdani) May 7, 2024

Earlier, Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, exercised his democratic right by casting his vote at a polling booth in the Mahmadpura Primary School, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, during the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Speaking to reporters after casting his vote, Adani emphasised India’s forward march and urged citizens to participate in the democratic process.

Proud to have voted with my family today. Voting is a right, a privilege and a responsibility we all share as citizens of this great nation. Every vote is a powerful voice in our democracy. Cast your vote for shaping the future of India. Jai Hind. pic.twitter.com/nMAfAhQEdD

— Gautam Adani (@gautam_adani) May 7, 2024

“India is progressing forward, and will continue to advance further,” he stated.

Mr Adani highlighted the significance of the election day, describing it as a “great festival of democracy.”

He said, “Today is this great festival of democracy, and I urge all citizens to come out and cast their vote.”

Polling is on in 93 Lok Sabha seats across 12 states and union territories in the third phase of the general election.

The states and union territories where the elections are being held in this phase are Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2), Goa (2), Gujarat (25), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (11), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (10) and West Bengal (4). The BJP has bagged the Surat seat unopposed.

In this phase, more than 1300 candidates, including around 120 women, are in the fray Voting will not take place for Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday as the Election Commission of India (ECI) has postponed the polling to the sixth phase to be held on May 25. Originally, voting was scheduled to be held on 94 Lok Sabha seats in the third phase.

General elections are being held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 with votes for the 543 Lok Sabha seats to be counted on June 4.

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The Adani Group will invest about ₹75,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh, including ₹5,000 crore in building the Mahakal Expressway between Ujjain and Bhopal, Pranav Adani, its Managing Director (Agro, Oil and Gas) and Director of Adani Enterprises, said on Friday.

Mr. Adani made the announcement on the first day of a two-day investor summit, Invest Madhya Pradesh: Regional Industry Conclave 2024, in Ujjain, in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. He said that investment in the State would be made in various sectors, including roads, natural resources, cement, food processing, logistics and agri-logistics, defence manufacturing, thermal power, and renewable energy. 

“Our faith in your (Mr. Yadav’s) visionary leadership will see us investing close to ₹75,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh. Of this, ₹5,000 crore will be utilised to build the Mahakal Expressway from this great city Ujjain, to Bhopal, through Indore,” Mr. Adani said, addressing the gathering of business leaders. 

Mr. Adani said that the group will invest close to ₹30,000 crore to ramp up power generation at its Mahan Energen plant in Singrauli district, taking it from the current 1,200 megawatt to 4,400 MW. The move, he said, aims at enhancing M.P.’s access to reliable and affordable power.

“We will also invest close to ₹28,000 crore to setup 3,410 MW-capacity pump storage projects,” he added.

Mr. Adani said that a clinker unit with a capacity of four million tonnes per annum would be established in Chorgadi, Sidhi, and one cement grinding unit each would be set up in Bhopal and Dewas, with a combined capacity of eight million tonnes annually, with an investment of ₹5,000 crore. 

“In the natural resources sector, we will invest over ₹4,000 crore and another ₹600 crore to expand our presence in the food processing, logistics and agri-logistics, and the defence manufacturing sectors,” he added. 

Mr. Adani also said that the group’s cumulative investments in the State currently amount to about ₹18,000 crore and claimed that it has created nearly 11,000 employment opportunities in the State.

He also highlighted the group’s investment in the State in the fuel distribution sector, including the CNG city gas distribution, LNG, EV, and biofuel businesses. The funds would be used to strengthen the city gas distribution networks in Bhind, Burhanpur, Anuppur, Tikamgarh and Alirajpur.

Mr. Adani said that the company’s planned investments in the State are likely to generate about 15,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities.

The Chief Minister also held one-on-one meetings with various business leaders, including M.V. Satish, director and senior executive vice-president of Larsen & Tourbo, and Rajeev Gulati, MD of MDH Spices. 

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Mr. Yadav said that the two-day summit would bring in investment worth more than ₹1 lakh crore for the State. 

Mr. Yadav also said that that the government would sanction land worth more than ₹15,000 crore for over 250 industrial projects that are expected to provide employment to 26,000 people across the State. 

He also said that instead of holding one global summit in a large city, his government, in future, would conduct similar regional events in other cities such as Jabalpur, Rewa and Gwalior.