PM Narendra Modi's rivals accuse him of using criminal probes to unjustly target them during election, which is taking place amid hotter-than-average temperature.
PM Narendra Modi's rivals accuse him of using criminal probes to unjustly target them during election, which is taking place amid hotter-than-average temperature.Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party gestures to his supporters during an election campaign rally in Gurdaspur on May 24, 2024, amid the country's ongoing general election.
His prospects have been further bolstered by several criminal investigations into his opponents, sparking concerns from UN rights chief Volker Turk and rights groups over the poll's fairness. Kejriwal was set to vote in Delhi, where polls opened at 7 am on Saturday , along with Rahul Gandhi, whose Congress party is spearheading the opposition alliance of more than two-dozen parties competing jointly against Modi.Gandhi, the scion of a dynasty that dominated Indian politics for decades, and the son, grandson and great-grandson of former prime ministers, was convicted of criminal libel last year after a complaint by a member of Modi's party.
Turnout is down several percentage points from the last national poll in 2019, with analysts blaming hotter-than-average temperatures heading into the Indian summer.
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