Indians turned out in big numbers to vote in the first phase of a mammoth general election, with Prime Minister Modi seeking a second term by DevjyotGhoshal KrishnaDas56 For the latest on IndiaElections2019, follow our live blog
MUZAFFARNAGAR, India - Indians voted enthusiastically on Thursday at the start of a mammoth general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term after campaigning fervently on a plank of national security, following tension with neighboring Pakistan.
“He’s improved India’s global standing, and taken revenge against our enemies,” Sachin Tyagi, 38, the owner of a mobile telephone shop, told Reuters near a polling station in northern Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. “Modi has worked, but not done enough for us,” Shadab Ali, a Muslim first-time voter in a polling queue, told Reuters. “We want development. I’ve voted for development.”
A suicide bomb blast killed Gandhi’s father, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, during election campaigning in 1991. His grandmother, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by her bodyguards while prime minister. In the southeastern rice-growing state of Andhra Pradesh, a scuffle between supporters of two regional parties turned violent, killing at least one person and injuring four, Reuters’ Indian partner ANI said.
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