Officials are concerned that high temperatures could discourage voters from going to the polls and standing in lines.
An Indian security officer standing guard as people queue outside a polling station in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on May 25.
Officials are concerned that the heatwave in parts of northern India, including Delhi and neighbouring Haryana state, could discourage voters from going to the polls and standing in lines, in an election earlier marked by low turnout. Mr Gandhi is contesting elections in the southern state of Kerala and the family bastion of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, both of which have already voted. India allows people to contest more than one seat but they can retain only one if they win.
Mr Modi called on people, especially women and youth, to “vote in large numbers” in a message on social media platform X on the morning of May 25.The EC has deployed thousands of paramedics with medicines and oral hydration salts at polling stations in Delhi.
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