India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh begins voting in the first of a series of local elections that will be a key test of the popularity of PM Modi and his governing party.
With a population almost as big as that of Brazil, keeping power in the bellwether state would give the Bharatiya Janata Party a boost in its bid for a third successive victory at nationwide parliamentary polls due by 2024.
“Congress desperately needs to win states, even if it’s smaller states, just to get back in the habit of winning. Otherwise they are in trouble,” Verma added. Opinion polls suggest the party will win the vote in both states, despite some opposition parties seeking to mirror its Hindu-first agenda and appeal to its support base.“We have seen all political parties playing within the same field of the BJP,” said Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, author of a biography of Modi, on the campaign so far. “That is one of their biggest successes.”
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