Modi expected to secure third term as India counts votes

Vote counting has begun in India 's election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi all but assured a triumph for his Hindu nationalist platform that has thrown the opposition into disarray and deepened concerns for minority rights.

Observers believe his appeals to growing Hindu nationalist sentiment will give him a third term in power. On Sunday, Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of the capital Delhi and a key leader in an alliance formed to compete against Mr Modi, returned to jail. In the lead up to the election, many of the 200 million-plus Muslim minority grew increasingly uneasy about their futures and their community's place in the constitutionally secular country.

India's major TV networks will have reporters outside each counting centre, competing to flash results for each of the 543 elected seats in the lower house of parliament.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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