A total of 88 seats out of the 543 in the lower house of India’s parliament went to the polls on Friday, with 160 million people eligible to vote across 13 states and federal territories
A woman smiles as she speaks with the election official while voting at a polling station, during the second phase of the general elections, at Bengaluru, in Karnataka , India , on April 26.Almost one billion people are eligible to vote in the seven-phase general election that began on April 19 and concludes on June 1, with votes set to be counted on June 4.
A total of 88 seats out of the 543 in the lower house of parliament went to the polls on Friday, with 160 million people eligible to vote across 13 states and federal territories. Analysts say that there is no single issue strong enough to pull voters out this time and the committed Hindu nationalist base of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party may not be stepping out due to complacency or overconfidence, resulting in lower turnouts.
Congress has denied the charges and said Modi fears losing and was using divisive language to distract voters from real issues such as unemployment, rising prices and rural distress.“I will vote for BJP. Muslims will get a lot of benefits if Congress comes to power and I don’t want taxpayers’ money to go for the benefit of any one community,” said Shree Hari S.S., 23, who voted in the tech hub of Bengaluru.
Gandhi is seeking re-election from Wayanad in Kerala and faces Annie Raja of the Communist Party of India and BJP’s K. Surendran, among others, in the Left Front-ruled state.
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