DAY 5

EC Press Conference -
The final day of the Mock Parliamentary Elections, 2023 held on 31st of March, 2023 and the
event started off with an interactive press conference with the Election Commission where all
the institutions were given a platform to raise any kind of issues or queries faced by them with
regards to any area of concern. The EC enlightened all the institutions once again about all the
guidelines that need to be followed and mentioned the polling dates being the 1st and 2nd of
April, 2023. The EC also clearly explained the procedure of casting votes, wherein the people
will have to cast their votes via the usage of an online link, even in the offline polling booths, the
citizens will be required to cast their votes through an online platform only. In this way, the
counting of votes will become more convenient and organized in an effective manner. The
access to the final count of votes will only be possessed by the Honorable Chief Commissioner
and the Honorable Chief Justice of India, which will only be revealed on 3rd March, 2023.

Prime Ministerial Speeches -

The Prime Ministerial Speeches of all the parties brought life to their manifestos as the
participation, engagement and the energy of all the parties was on another level of enthusiasm
on the very final day. Most of the Prime Ministerial candidates made some incredible promises
to achieve for the development of the country and its people, and the event embarked with the
first PM candidate from the Humanist Progressive Party, K P Manoranjan who promised to "Plan
for a better tomorrow and work tirelessly for democracy, equality and justice." Adithya Daga, the
PM candidate from the Independent People’s Party added an element of spark in his speech as
he said, "Doodh maangoge toh kheer denge, paneer mangoge toh paneer bhi denge lekin
kashmir maangoge toh....." The Indian Youth Democratic Party also did not stay any behind as
PM Raymond Pao Lung Yu said "I Will fight with the army soldiers leading them in a heat of war
and would even die fighting." Prateek Mishra from the Bharatiya Awaaz Party emphasized on
the roles played by policies, as it says, "Bharatiya Awaaz Party works on politics not policies.
"We live and die by the principle of 4c's clean, connected, consistent and congruent" were the
words of PM candidate Pranav Manishankar from Jana Samveda Rakshaka Paksha.
PM Chinmai R from People Empowering Social Transformation reflected on their speech, a
strong motive of transformation for empowering the people, as he said, "It is no more time to
listen but the time to take action, time for complete PEST control." The Indian United Republic
Party sent forth its PM candidate Akhil K Manilal who defined their vision saying, "Our primary
objective is to create a tenacious, diverse and prosperous India and ensure equal opportunity
for all citizens." PM candidate Agni Tejas from the National Democratic Reform Party
emphasized the true will of the people as he said, "We are here not for power but for reform and
transformation." Up next the PM candidate Ryan Robins of Progressive Conservative Party
expressed the party's vision of strengthening the nation, as he said "We believe in a strong and
prosperous India that values individual freedom, economic growth and social responsibility." The
Inquilab party with its firm belief in non-tolerance said, "We will not be silenced, not be
oppressed, and not be ignored." PM candidate Pratham Sonkar from the Reformist People's
Party, giving an overview of their entire manifesto reiterated their stand, saying, "We strive to
live up to our motto maximizing opportunity and minimizing inequality."