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India, the world’s most populous country and largest democracy, is holding elections from April 19 – June 1. The occasion has drawn particular attention to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.India’s nearly one billion voters began voting on Friday. Modi, who is expected to win reelection, has increasingly been tied to Hindu nationalism, or “Hindutva” — the idea that India should favor Hinduism, rather than being secular.
The vote pits Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party against an alliance of two dozen opposition parties that promise greater affirmative action and more handouts while stressing what they call the need to save democratic institutions. Nearly 970 million people are eligible to vote in the seven-phase exercise, the world's largest election, which runs through the peak of...Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his power at home secured and his Hindu-first vision deeply entrenched, has set his sights in recent years on a role as a global statesman, riding India’s economic and diplomatic rise.
His silence provided tacit backing as vigilante groups continued to target non-Hindu minority groups and as members of his party routinely used hateful and racist language, even in Parliament, against the largest...The greatest exercise of democracy in the history of mankind — by the numbers, at least — kicked off Friday as almost 1 billion people began casting votes for the next leader and government of India.
In 2023, India overtook China as the world’s most populous country, with 1.4 billion citizens. Up for grabs in its elections are 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, which translates to “House of the People,” the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
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