India will go to the polls in phases starting April 19 to elect a new parliament, the country's election authority said today, in the world's largest election process in which nearly a billion people are eligible to vote. The election pits two-time Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his regional allies against an alliance of 24 opposition parties, with opinion polls predicting a comfortable victory for Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A victory would make Modi, 73, only the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, independence hero and India's first prime minister, to win a third consecutive term. Modi and his party have been campaigning for months. The prime minister flies across the country almost daily, launching new schemes, making announcements, attending religious functions and addressing public and private gatherings. In his speeches, Modi promotes economic development […]
Source: News Beast
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