Indian voters began casting their ballots Friday as polls opened for a general election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is strongly favoured.
Women arrive to cast their ballot at a polling station in the first phase of voting for the India’s general elections in Parbatsar in Rajasthan, on April 19, 2024. Picture: AFP
AFP journalists in the northern Hindu holy city of Haridwar saw election officials admit voters at a polling station, one of more than a million booths in operation between Friday and the final phase of voting on June 1.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a high turnout Friday as polls opened in a marathon general election where his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is the clear favourite.
India’s main opposition Congress party urged voters to end “hatred and injustice” on Friday as polls opened in a marathon election where it faces a crushing defeat by the Hindu nationalist BJP.
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