With a population of more than 1.4 billion people, here's where the world's biggest democracy is at — in pictures — ahead of its elections starting on April 19.
Widely popular both in India and overseas, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is gunning for an historic third term in office. Surveys say he is in pole position.India is the world's largest democracy — the most populous country — so people will head to polls in seven phases starting on April 19, with the last phase scheduled from June 1. Results are due to be announced on June 4.
On the same day, the Indian National Congress' leaders announced their bank accounts were frozen by tax authorities over an alleged delay in filing returns.Elections in India are monumental in scale. There are massive rallies, roadshows, hoardings and full-page political advertisements in newspapers are a common sight.Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party was the top beneficiary of electoral bonds, a donation system recently termed unconstitutional by India's Supreme Court.
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