Indians began voting in the first phase of a mammoth general election on Thursda...
MUZAFFARNAGAR, India - Indians began voting in the first phase of a mammoth general election on Thursday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term after campaigning strongly on his national security record following a flare-up in tensions with Pakistan.
Two people were also killed on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir, the country’s only Muslim majority state, prompting authorities to increase security even further. Voters came to three polling stations in Muzaffarnagar on foot, by bicycle and motorcycle, in cars and on tractors. The election is spread over 39 days, with the final phase on May 19 and the result announced four days later.
The main opposition Congress party has sought allies among regional parties to defeat the BJP over its record on the economy. Congress wrested three major farming states from the BJP in state polls in December by promising to waive the outstanding loans of distressed farmers.
“The gap between Congress and the BJP is still enormous, so no one is seriously thinking that Congress is going to fill that gap,” he said. “The opposition landscape remains heavily fragmented.”
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