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FIROZPUR/KOLKATA - India voted on Saturday in the final phase of a long-drawn general election, held in record summer heat in many parts, as both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his challengers said they would win the polls centred mostly on inequality and religion.
Modi is seeking a rare, third straight term as prime minister as his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party battles an opposition alliance of two dozen parties led by the Congress, and is widely expected to win a majority. Nearly two dozen election officials died of suspected heatstroke in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh ahead of the vote on Friday, authorities said.
Modi began his re-election campaign by focusing on his achievements over the last 10 years but soon switched to mostly targeting the opposition by accusing them of favouring India's minority Muslims, comprising roughly 200 million of the population.
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