India’s Main Opposition Congress Says It’s Being ‘Crippled’ by Modi’s Party Before Polls

  • The main opposition party’s bank accounts were frozen
  • Prime Minister Modi seeking a third straight term in office
India’s Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge, center, with Sonia Gandhi, left, and Rahul Gandhi at the Congress party headquarters in New Delhi on March 21.Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images
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India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, accused the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to “cripple” the party financially, weeks before the country heads to the polls.