Narendra Modi finds high voter turn-out `very encouraging`

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the high voter turn-out in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday was encouraging, and he hoped it would continue.

"High voter turn-out in today`s polls is very encouraging. I congratulate and thank people. Hope the positive trend continues in later phases," Modi said on micro-blogging site Twitter. BJP`s prime ministerial nominee, who has undertaken a high-voltage campaign in his bid for the country`s top job, has claimed that there is a wave in his favour. Polling was held in 91 constituencies today.