Two polls released hours before voting starts in India's general election show the Hindu nationalist opposition set for a huge victory with the ruling Congress party facing a debacle.
The two main contenders in the increasingly bitter battle to lead the world's biggest democracy intensified their campaigning – and their personal duel – before the first of 815 million eligible voters head to the polls on Monday.
One poll suggested that Narendra Modi, the controversial 63-year-old prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), might come close to an outright majority. A second said the BJP would miss a majority by about 30 seats in the powerful 545-seat lower house.
India has been ruled by coalition governments for decades and debate among analysts in Delhi now largely centres on the margin of the BJP victory, not on its likelihood. The polls showed support for Modi's rival, 43-year-old Rahul Gandhi, slipping. The ruling centre-left Congress party, which has ruled India for all but 13 years since it won independence from Britain in 1947, now appears to be facing its worst ever defeat. Full story...
Related posts:
The two main contenders in the increasingly bitter battle to lead the world's biggest democracy intensified their campaigning – and their personal duel – before the first of 815 million eligible voters head to the polls on Monday.
One poll suggested that Narendra Modi, the controversial 63-year-old prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), might come close to an outright majority. A second said the BJP would miss a majority by about 30 seats in the powerful 545-seat lower house.
India has been ruled by coalition governments for decades and debate among analysts in Delhi now largely centres on the margin of the BJP victory, not on its likelihood. The polls showed support for Modi's rival, 43-year-old Rahul Gandhi, slipping. The ruling centre-left Congress party, which has ruled India for all but 13 years since it won independence from Britain in 1947, now appears to be facing its worst ever defeat. Full story...
Related posts:
- Fifth of India's election candidates face criminal charges...
- Southern 'sweep' state Tamil Nadu could shape India's next government...
- Why India's Muzaffarnagar riot victims will not vote...
- India to kick off world's biggest election on April 7...
- Politician in India tells voters they will get an electric shock if they push...
- Elections Bollywood style: India's chutney democracy...
No comments:
Post a Comment