Modi Bids for 3rd Term in World’s Biggest Election

  • Almost 1 billion Indians go to polls in six weeks of voting
  • Ruling party is aiming to win two-thirds of parliament seats
Narendra Modi at an election campaign event in Guwahati, Assam, on April 16.

Photographer: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images

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Almost 1 billion Indians began voting Friday in elections lasting more than six weeks, weighing up whether to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a third five-year term to continue his mix of economic and Hindu nationalist policies.