Indians vote in fifth phase of election; violence in Kashmir
JAIPUR/SRINAGAR - India’s northern heartland voted on Monday in the fifth phase of a staggered general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoping his record on national security will win him a second five-year term.
Rahul Gandhi, the 48-year-old leader of the main opposition Congress party, is contesting in the Uttar Pradesh constituency he has won three times, facing a tough challenge from cabinet minister Smriti Irani of Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party . Party members have also been accused of playing on communal tension, in particular between majority Hindus and minority Muslims, in Uttar Pradesh.
Modi’s focus on national security in the election, which began on April 11, has helped him shift many voters’ attention away from unemployment and a weak agrarian economy that have led to extensive farmer protests. Protesters threw stones at polling stations and at least one person was shot and wounded when police opened fire, police in Kashmir said.
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