Millions of Indians are voting in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election in the searing summer heat.
Millions of India ns are voting Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party.Many people lined polling stations before the start of voting at 7 a.m. to avoid the blazing sun later in the day at the peak of India n summer. The temperature soared to 43 Celsius in the afternoon in the India n capital.
Modi was involved in a highly acrimonious and mudslinging campaign with the opposition, led by Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family that has produced three prime ministers.'When the polls began it felt like a one-horse race, with Modi leading from the front. But now we are seeing some kind of shift,' political analyst Rasheed Kidwai said. 'The opposition is doing better than expected and it appears that Modi's party is rattled.
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