Sales of political merchandise increase, weeks before Indian general elections
As a high-volume, low-margin business, where party badges prices start from as little as one rupee
As a high-volume, low-margin business, where party badges prices start from as little as one rupee
India has more than 2,500 political parties but only 10 of them hold 86% of all seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament
The southern states are vital to the BJP's ambition to win over 370 Lok Sabha seats on its own and over 400 with its allies in the NDA.
Indian PM says country's younger generation feels self-pride is identity, cites govt promotion of Indian cultural practices
Claiming rigging of the elections, the main opposition Congress party demanded a rerun at 47 polling stations in Manipur.
PM Modi said that the Congress "wants to snatch your property" and claimed that the party has a secret plan including an "inheritance tax"
A reduced voter turnout in the first six weeks of the election worries BJP campaign management
The conflict occurred on Friday almost a month after the state saw the deaths of 29 Maoists
He discussed the significance of voting
Modi's tenure is marred by his problematic role in the 2002 Gujarat riots