India's gargantuan election, the biggest in history, is kicking off with some 900 million people expected to cast their vote until May 19
One eighth of the world's population – roughly 900 million people – are eligible to vote over April and May in the largest democracy on the planet.
Security forces were on high alert due to the perennial danger of violence at election time, with five people including a local lawmaker killed in an ambush by suspected Maoist rebels this week. Polling stations in the northeast were among the first to open at 7:00 am with others elsewhere set to follow at 8:00 am.
Modi has simplified the tax code and made doing business easier but some of his promises have fallen short, particularly in rural areas where thousands of indebted farmers have killed themselves in recent years.
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