India Votes in State Elections Today

NEW DELHI, 8 February 2020, TON: Voters in New Delhi began voting on Saturday in a state election, which many analysts believe is test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity following extensive anti-government protests over a new Citizenship Amendment Act. There are many Indian, especially the Muslims and Scheduled Castes are suspicion that Prime Minister Modi wants to turn secular India into a Hindu nation.

The main contest in the election is between the BJP and incumbent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s regional Aam Aadmi party (AAP). A poor showing in the capital this weekend is a blow to Prime Minister Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Modi  appealed on Twitter to voters “to vote in record numbers.” Polling is underway for 70 seats and the results will be announced on 11 February 2020.

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