Modi Turns G-20 Summit Into Not-So-Subtle India Election Kickoff

  • Polls suggest Modi to extend decade in power during next vote
  • Opposition parties unite in bid to oust Modi’s government

Since taking power in 2014, Modi has used highly personalized campaigns to win elections. 

Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg
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On buses and auto-rickshaws, sidewalks and bridges, billboards and market walls: It’s hard to go long in New Delhi these days without seeing the face of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.