India votes 2024: Uttar Pradesh voters weigh whether to stick with Modi
India votes 2024: Uttar Pradesh voters weigh whether to stick with Modi
India’s mammoth six-week general election entered its fifth voting phase on Monday, May 20, with some parts of the country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, heading to the polls. Last time, Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party scored a commanding victory here, but, with some resenting the prime minister’s divisive and at times inflammatory politics, will things go the same way this time around?
India’s mammoth six-week general election entered its fifth voting phase on Monday, May 20, with some parts of the country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, heading to the polls. Last time, Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party scored a commanding victory here, but, with some resenting the prime minister’s divisive and at times inflammatory politics, will things go the same way this time around?