Voters in New Delhi began voting on Saturday in a state election seen as a test ...
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators attend a protest against a new citizenship law in Shaheen Bagh, area of New Delhi, India January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
The election comes as India’s economic growth is at its slowest in six years, and amid strong opposition to the law which makes it easier for non-Muslim persecuted minorities from three neighboring countries to become Indian citizens. A poor showing in the capital this weekend could be another blow to Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party after it lost control of Maharashtra state, whose capital is Mumbai, late last year.
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