India: Will the outcome of the world's biggest election increase intolerance? | DW News

The world's largest democratic election has kicked off as people in India head to the polls.

Voting for the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, will continue until June 1st. Nearly a billion eligible voters up and down the country are casting their ballots in seven phases. The voting is staggered to give election officials and security personnel time to move around the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term in office. Polls suggest he and his Hindu-nationalist BJP are on course to win another landslide. Adored by his supporters, some Indians say his policies have bred intolerance and are threatening India's secular roots.

Chapters:
0:00 Background on the election
3:57 Chietigj Bajpee, South Asia senior research fellow, Chatham House
9:18 Further in-depth report as voting begins
13:44 Maya Mirchandani, Ashoka University
18:13 Charu Kartikeya, DW Correspondent
23:06 Sandra Petersmann, DW Delhi bureau chief

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[RajatDuttaSocialMediaHotShot]

India is secular BECAUSE it is a Hindu-majority country ... NOT in spite of ...

[martin]

Modi vs opposition ❌️
Modi vs toolkit ✅️

[myspace]

God bless Germany with "peacefull" citizens

[Shubham-glct]

India is secular because it’s a Hindu majority.
Germans educating world about secularism. 😂

[AnishShukla]

Temple was not built on ruins but it was reclaimed as proven in court according to constitution.

[pscholachagudda__]

HINDUS have only one country
So dont interfere

[Mrvillain]

If you keep crying😭, India will be a Hindu country 🚩.🚩🚩🚩🚩🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏🙏

[ankit-sqoh]

Stop hinduphobia
Learn from islamophobia
We want a hindu country called
Bharat.
Hindus are the most peaceful and tolerent community in western country

[shrutimishra]

Dw should thank Modiji. Without him, your channel wouldnt be getting any views.
Btw, Modi will win bcoz the citizens of Bharat want him to win.
Yall in the west are sad bcoz you wanted a puppet Prime minister who runs on your commands.
Cry some more😊

[deadjoke]

There you go — Charu Karthikeyan, the political analyst. The voice of INDIA(according to DW)😂

[sandy_]

India is a hindu democracy with a population of more than 1.1 billion hindus...

[_Painted]

India’s democracy is legitimate and strong. Term limits would be a good idea to prevent entrenched power but I haven’t seen any solid evidence of unfair election practices so far. As an American, I have a good opinion of Modi. Modi can be religious himself while the Indian governmental state remains secular.

[jaynaidoo]

So What? India is a Hindu Rastra! Hindus will Rise. Bharat Mataki Jai!

[animeka]

Germany and Sweden both have taken lot of peaceful people and gave them asylum... Now we can see the crime rate in both these nations

[alpeshchoriya]

Western contrary jealous on indian growth 😂😂😂😂😂😂and modi

[xzqqglj]

Why Charu Kartikeya, DW Correspondent doesn't mention the anti-HINDU rant by the opposition party leader DMK (regional party) Minister and son of the Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu state ?
Biased narrative by Maya Mirchandani, Ashoka University

[imdhsmj]

German shepherd belong to Germany finally.
More christen politics in Germany

[bichitrachakraborty]

There are so many Abrahamic countries. If the Hindus get a single one, what is your problem? Moreover, Bharat is trying to get away from Musi appeasement politics which Europe is making into it.

[dineshshetty]

We 🇮🇳 love Modiji.... Modiji will win till year 2047... Ab ki baar 400 paar

[madhukarmurthi]

More development politics can be expected, but we can also expect DW to whine more with even more biased reports