More than 10 of the world’s population will cast its vote in the Indian election.
Millions of Indians began voting on Friday in a six-week election that is a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd during a political campaign road show in Varanasi, India Mr Modi has ratcheted up Hindu nationalist rhetoric on the campaign trail and has sought to present himself as a global leader. His Hindu nationalist politics, they argue, has bred intolerance and threatens the country’s secular roots.The alliance has promised to arrest the democratic slide it says India has witnessed under Mr Modi’s rule.
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