The Election Commission in India announced, on Saturday, that the country will begin voting in phases starting from April 19 to elect a new parliament, which is the largest election in the world that includes about a billion people who have the right to vote.
Sharjah 24 – Reuters:
The Election Commission of India said on Saturday that the country will begin voting in phases starting from April 19 to elect a new parliament, which is the largest election in the world that includes about a billion people who have the right to vote.
The elections pit powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi, elected for two terms, and his regional allies against an alliance of 24 opposition parties, and opinion polls indicate that the Bharatiya Janata Party, to which Modi belongs, will win comfortably.
Winning the elections will make Modi (73 years old) only the second prime minister to win a third term after former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the hero of Indian independence and its first prime minister.
Modi and his party have been preparing for the elections for months before voting dates are announced, as the Prime Minister travels around the country almost every day, inaugurating new projects, issuing statements, participating in religious events, and attending public and private meetings.
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2024-03-16 13:33:51
