New Delhi:  India has more than 95.3 crore voters of which 49 crore are male voters and 46 crores are female voters. Among these registered voters, there are 1.92 crore senior citizens, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra on the occasion of National Voter's Day on Tuesday. 

National Voter's Day has been celebrated on January 25 every year, all across the country to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission of India that is January 25, 1950.

Addressing the event, Sushil Chandra, said, "The right to vote was bestowed upon every adult citizen of India at the same time as India won her freedom. For a newly-independent country with a literacy rate of 18 per cent, this was a truly radical move."

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On the upcoming five states assembly elections,  Sushil Chandra, said, "We have emphasised increasing the pace of vaccination in all five poll-bound states and all arrangements will be made to ensure that this election is absolutely safe." 

Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju said criticising the Election Commission of India is as good as discrediting  the democracy, 

Rijiju  said, "Those elements who are trying to discredit the Election Commission of India are actually trying to discredit the democracy of India."

He further said that in a democracy, everyone has the right to criticize but keep the language in mind. The court could criticise the Election Commission but the judges should also think about the language being used to criticise.