Some of India’s richest families, Bollywood stars and others vote in fourth phase of a massive, staggered general election via Rajendra1857 DevjyotGhoshal
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - Police broke up clashes between rival groups of voters in a key eastern state on Monday as some of India’s richest families and Bollywood stars also cast their ballots in Mumbai during the fourth phase of a massive, staggered general election.
TV footage showed armed security forces chasing away people wielding sticks, although it was initially difficult to determine the scale of the clashes. More than 127 million people are eligible to vote in this round of the seven-phase election held across 71 seats in nine states. Modi’s coalition won more than 75 percent of the seats in the previous election in 2014.
“I want the country to be at par with the best in the world,” she said. “There’s been some progress in the last five years.”Mumbai is home to the massive Hindi film industry, as well as Asia’s wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani, and India’s richest banker, Uday Kotak.
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