Narendra Modi seeks third term as world's biggest election set to take place

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On Friday, close to a billion people are going to get the chance to cast their votes in a process that will take more than a month.

To put that figure into context: the number of people eligible to vote in the UK is 44 million and 161 million in the United States.

He is building much of his popularity on a robust message of Hindu nationalism and welfare for the poor - with handouts of wheat, rice, fuel and help with home improvements. For voters though there is confusion who a vote for INDIA is actually for. All stand for different things. Raul Gandi is the figurehead but with such divergent manifestos clarity of values seems lost on voters.Those who stand against him accuse Modi of thwarting their campaign by using the power of office to arrest candidates, freeze bank accounts, and restrict their ability to campaign freely and fairly.

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