Lok Sabha Election Phase 1 Voting Live Updates: In 2019, the parties of the INDIA bloc and the NDA each won 48 of these seats, with the unaligned BSP and AIADMK winning three and one seat, respectively. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only factor that the ruling party’s candidates across the country are projecting, given his popularity among the electorate.
Several voters in the north credit the PM for “raising India’s stature” in the international arena. The sense on the ground is that his popularity, based on which the BJP swept in 2019, is still intact.
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However, the opposition INDIA bloc, has questioned the electoral bonds scheme that was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. The Congress and its allies, have accused the BJP government as well as PM Modi of orchestrating a large scam through which companies under the scanner of the ED paid up to the BJP, and in turn were let go by the agency or secured massive tenders.
The Lok Sabha elections 2024 take place as the opposition raises questions on the ruling BJP government’s neglect of border security, citing China’s repeated claims over Arunachal Pradesh. As per the Congress, unemployment and inflation are also two other factors that would decide the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
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