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Lok Sabha election 2024: World’s biggest poll kicks off as India begins voting - BBC News Lok Sabha election 2024: World’s biggest poll kicks off as India begins voting - BBC News
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Salman Ravi Padmaja Venkataraman
Reporting from Madhya Pradesh BBC Monitoring
In the central state of Madhya Pradesh, voters have been braving the scorching summer sun to cast their ballots. Chinese state media has been reporting on several aspects of India-China ties such as the border standoff, economic
Of the state's 29 constituencies, six are voting in the first phase. rivalry between the two countries, and the perceived decline of India’s influence in South Asia.
Voters have been trickling into polling booths at a slow pace and officials say this could be because the state has been gripped by a severe heat wave. It's also the wedding season here and that too may be a reason for the low turnout, they add. The official Xinhua News Agency released
Chief Electoral Officer of Madhya Pradesh Anupam Rajan said Balaghat, a city gripped by Maoist insurgency, had the highest voting at 52.8% by 14:00 local time (08:30GMT). an explainer two days ago, quoting experts who claimed that the Indian government's "economic performance is not as bright as advertised".
It also
quoted some US analysts saying Mr Modi's campaign had a "Hindu
nationalist" tone.
State media outlet The Global Times, meanwhile, highlighted Mr Modi’s remarks calling
for "urgently" addressing border tensions between India and China.
The newspaper claimed that Mr Modi made the comments after the
"intensification of China-India border tensions due to the US’s biased
stance and before the upcoming elections in India".
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