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India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi?
The pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli have stood by the first family of Indian politics through ups and downs. On May 20, they will be tested again.
India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi?
The pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli have stood by the first family of Indian politics through ups and downs. On May 20, they will be tested again.
India's Modi denies stoking divisions to win election, files nomination
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended himself against criticism that he is stoking divisions between Hindus and Muslims to win national elections as he filed his nomination on Tuesday (May 14) for re-election from one of Hinduism's holiest cities.
India needs to assert its superpower arrival
India, having recently surpassed China as the world’s most populous country, stands as the fastest-growing major economy globally and set to become the world’s third-largest economy within the next five years.
India election: with Modi’s BJP ‘hell-bent’ on a massive win, secularism hangs by a thread
Nearly 970 million people are eligible to cast their votes in India’s 18th general election. About 11 million election workers will be deployed to ensure smooth voting at more than 1 million polling stations. This year’s election-related expenditure is expected to surpass the US$8.7 billion spent at the previous polls in 2019.
India to begin voting on April 19 in world's largest election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India will begin voting in phases starting April 19 to elect a new parliament, the country's election authority said on Saturday, the world's largest election in which nearly one billion people are eligible to cast ballots.
India to begin voting on April 19 in world’s largest election
A victory would make Modi, 73, only the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s independence hero and its first prime minister, to win a third straight term.