Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (Apr 26) slammed the opposition for their condemnation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and said that the Supreme Court judgement on cross-verification of votes was a "tight slap" on the Congress-led opposition.

Modi slams Congress, says SC’s EVM ruling a ‘tight slap’ for oppn; Rahul Gandhi says PM is ‘nervous’

The world's largest election is currently underway in India. The nation with a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters has on Friday (Apr 19) started casting votes, with voters exercising their franchise in 102 constituencies of 21 states in the first phase.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 | World’s biggest festival of democracy begins, voting starts in 21 states of India

With the first phase of the Parliamentary election commencing on April 19, in Jammu and Kashmir the first seat to go to polls is the Udhampur constituency. The Election Commission of India recently released voters' data and said that over 16,23,195 people registered as voters.

Udhampur constituency profile: Main fight between BJP’s Dr Jitendra Singh and Congress' Lal Singh