India goes to polls in a month in the world's largest elections. Here are three things to know about the contest that could see Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning a third term.
India goes to polls in a month in the world's largest elections. Here are three things to know about the contest that could see Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning a third term.Bhartiya Janata Party supporters hold cutout pictures of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public meeting in Barasat on the outskirts of Kolkata on March 6. In India, Modi's face is everywhere as the country heads to elections.
At the center of this election is Narendra Modi, India's wildly popular prime minister. In his two terms since 2014, human rights groups and liberal critics of Modi say the prime minister and his party have eroded the secular democratic foundations of India. Some of Modi'staken up by India's vast judiciary and the decisions it's made suggests a cowed, timid justice system that bends to the influence of the prime minister's allies.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at a public rally at the Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on March 7.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at a public rally at the Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on March 7.The Modi government splurged on infrastructure projects like roads and airports, distributed free food grains to hundreds of millions and initiated cash transfers to low-income groups.
Across India, Modi's mugshot is everywhere — from daily advertisements in newspapers and TV channels on government schemes, to cardboard cutout images of him for citizens to use as selfie props. Several of his loyal ministers' handles on X, formerly Twitter, identify them as"Meanwhile, India's opposition parties are struggling. A coalition formed last year of 40 opposition parties has fractured.
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