As India's mammoth election enters a new phase, the country's Muslim population may be watching on with concern as the prime minister casts his vote. There are 200 million Muslims in India, and some believe they have been targeted by far-right mobs tacitly supported by the government.
Narendra Modi has cast his vote in the Indian general election amid growing anxiety among minority communities. The prime minister voted at a school in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat, calling on 'countrymen' to 'vote in large numbers' as the third phase of the 44-day election gets under way. Almost a billion people are registered to vote, with Mr Modi running for a third term in office and expecting to win.
Read more: Sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims on the rise Dismissing these allegations, a spokesperson for Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party , Nalin Kohli, said: 'Show me a scheme of the government of India under Prime Minister Modi that targets delivery of benefit to a person on the basis of religion and denies another on the basis of religion. 'Not one.
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