India’s opposition parties reject exit polls predicting a landslide Modi win

India’s opposition parties reject exit polls predicting a landslide Modi win

India's opposition parties are calling pollsters predicting a third Modi term biased. After voting ended on Saturday in India's general elections, a vast majority of exit polls are predicting a landslide victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But critics say Mr Modi and the pollsters are in for a surprise when the votes are counted on Tuesday. Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.

June 3, 2024 19

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India’s election body orders Modi’s BJP and rival Congress to reign in rhetoric

India's top election body has ordered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP Party and the opposition Congress to refrain from making divisive and inflammatory comments. This comes as India's mammoth six week long national elections have become increasingly bitter and polarized. Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.

May 23, 2024 32

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Voting kicks off for 93 parliamentary seats in phase 3 of India’s national elections

Millions of Indians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are casting their votes in India as the country's general elections continue. Of the 543 seats in the country's lower house of parliament, 93 are up for grabs in this third phase of the election season. Our correspondent Ishan Garg tells us about what's on the voters' minds from Agra in India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh.

May 7, 2024 9