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Jun 04, 2024

Modi’s alliance records early wins in vote count, but opposition also gains

The markets had soared on Monday after exit polls on June 1 projected Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would register a big victory, with its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seen getting a two-thirds majority and more.

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May 28, 2024

Indian farmers endure heatwave, continue protest amid election

With polls in Punjab due on Saturday (June 1) during the last and seventh phase of the staggered elections, farmers said they are not keen about voting this time and that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not find much support in the state.

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Reuters
May 10, 2024

Indian court grants temporary bail to opposition leader to campaign in elections

Kejriwal argued that he was arrested just before the vote to stop him from campaigning against Modi, who opinion polls suggest will win a comfortable majority and secure a rare third straight term.

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May 07, 2024

Indian court extends opposition leader Kejriwal’s detention, as Modi casts vote

The country’s financial crime-fighting agency arrested Kejriwal – a staunch critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi – on March 21 in connection with corruption allegations relating to Delhi’s liquor policy, charges his party has denied.

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May 05, 2024

Fake videos of Modi aides trigger political showdown in India election

Using internet address tracking, state police arrested a man named Shyam Gupta on May 2 who had shared the fake video post on X a day earlier, receiving over 3,000 views and 11 likes.

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Reuters
May 01, 2024

After two rounds of polling, India’s BJP says confident of 400-seat mark

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a record-equalling third straight term on the back of his economic record, welfare measures, national pride, Hindu nationalism and personal popularity.

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Apr 23, 2024

India elections 2024: Modi criticizes Congress over quota allocation to Muslims

on Tuesday a Delhi court extended the pre-trial detention of opposition party Aam Aadmi Party’s member and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until May 7 in a corruption case.

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Reuters
Apr 22, 2024

Deepfakes of Bollywood stars spark worries of AI meddling in India election

In videos put out on YouTube by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM), Samata, an AI-generated anchor dressed in a traditional saree and speaking in a style that mimics regular news channels, criticizes the ruling party in West Bengal state.

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Reuters
Apr 17, 2024

Why does voting last six weeks in India’s general election?

Some of India’s 28 states and eight federally governed territories complete voting in just one phase, but in larger states, some constituencies vote on different dates.