Indian elections 2024: Prime Minister Modi votes surrounded by hundreds of followers

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modiwent to vote this Tuesday in the general elections of the India in your Gujarati native, accompanied by Home Minister Amit Shah, amid strong security measures and the applause of his followers.

Between shouts of “Modi, Modi“,”long live India” and some “Jai Shri Ram”, the battle cry of Hindu nationalism, the prime minister walked the last few meters to his usual voting center in the city of Ahmedabadin the west of the state of Gujarati.

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Modi is one of the 170 million Indians called to vote in the third phase of the elections in Indiahappening today in 11 states.

As he approached, he received praise from hundreds of his followers on both sides of the road, separated from the president by a long fence and a large security device with hundreds of police officers every 50 meters, some armed, and others watching from rooftops. . of the surrounding buildings.

“I’ve been here since seven (3:30 GMT)“, a woman told EFE who had to wait an hour to be able to see Modi with her own eyes for less than a minute.

Another of your followers, Dinesh Gaggrahe assured that he comes to see Modi vote whenever there are elections, especially because he himself is also called to vote at this same voting center, of which he said he is proud.

Narendra Modi He was accompanied by the Indian Home Minister, Amit Shahrunning in the constituency of Gandhinagarin Gujarat, in this third phase of the general elections in India.

Shah, however, did not vote at that time because he is registered in the electoral rolls of another constituency also in Gujarat.

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This new phase of voting covers 94 electoral districts spread across eleven states, including important electoral districts in states such as Uttar Pradesh (north) Madhya Pradesh (center), strongholds of the ruling Hindu nationalist party.

An opposition coalition led by Congress Party seeks to avoid a third consecutive term for Modi as prime minister, who most polls point to as the winner, claiming that the Hindu nationalist leader endangers India’s democracy due to his authoritarianism and hate speeches against minorities such as Muslims .

The voting process, the largest in the world with around 969 million voters, will end on June 1 and results are expected on June 4.

Source: Elcomercio

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