Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is set to lose Karnataka, the only southern India state it governs, according to an early vote count that shows opposition Congress party leading in the crucial state polls
Over the past several weeks, Modi had campaigned aggressively in Karnataka, home to 65 million people, and crisscrossed the state by holding huge roadshows.
Over the past couple of years, Modi’s party had been trying to maximize gains in Karnataka, where communal polarisation between majority Hindus and minority Muslims has deepened after BJP leaders and supporters banned girls from wearing headscarves as part of their school uniform. India’s main opposition Congress party was set to win elections in southern state of Karnataka defeating ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, TV channels sayThe Congress built its campaign by targeting Modi’s party over rising inflation, allegations of corruption and poor infrastructure development in the state, while promising electricity subsidies, rations to poor families, and financial assistance to unemployed graduates.
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