India: Last stage of general elections underway
More than 970 million citizens are eligible to cast their votes to determine the makeup of the lower house of parliament for the next five years. teleSUR
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00:00In India, on Saturday, a summary of six exit polls indicates that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharati Yajanata Party-led alliance
00:07may win an emphatic majority in these general elections.
00:10The ruling right-wing National Democratic Alliance may win anywhere between 355 and 380 seats in the 543-member lower house of parliament,
00:19that is a two-third majority.
00:21Back in 2019, they won 353 seats, of which Modi's BGP party accounted for 303.
00:27A simple majority in the Indian parliament requires 272 seats.
00:31The opposition India Alliance, led by Rahul Gandhi's Congress party, is projected to win over 120 seats,
00:37but they argue that in India exit polls are unscientific.
00:41Nearly one billion people were eligible to vote in the seven-phase election began on April 19th, despite a scorching summer heat.
00:49The Election Commission will count votes on June 4th, and results are expected the same day.
00:58Everybody should stay peaceful, and there should be economic steady conditions in the country.
01:05That's what we are voting for.
01:06There is no growth is coming, the young generation is not getting the, you know, job,
01:11or they're not getting proper direction also.
01:14That's the reason we should go for a steady government.