The election comes as India's economic growth is at its slowest in six years, and amid strong opposition to the law which makes it easier for non-Muslim persecuted minorities from three neighbouring countries to become Indian citizens. The law has stoked suspicion that Modi wants to turn secular India into a Hindu nation, something he rejects. A poor showing in the capital this weekend could be another blow to Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after it lost control of Maharashtra state, whose capital is Mumbai, late last year. "Urging the people of Delhi, especially my young friends, to vote in record numbers," he wrote on Twitter. The contest to win New Delhi is between the BJP and incumbent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's regional Aam Aadmi party (AAP).

Source: bd News24 February 08, 2020 06:33 UTC