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6-Week Indian Election Wraps Up Amid Deadly Heat Wave, Crackdown on Opposition

HeadlineJun 03, 2024

Voting has concluded in India after a staggered six-week election. Exit polls project India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win a third consecutive term in office. Official results are expected on Tuesday.

The election came amid a devastating heat wave in India. On Saturday, 33 poll workers died from heatstroke in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is a prominent critic of Modi, has been sent back to jail. He spoke out on Sunday.

Arvind Kejriwal: “I want to say to the people of Delhi that I am going to jail again, not because I have done a scam, but because I have raised my voice against dictatorship.”

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