Update on the general elections in India

The 970 million voters in the “biggest democracy in the world” have started going to the polls for the general elections scheduled from 19 April to 1 June, which will either confirm or reject Narendra Modi as prime minister. In power since 2014, Modi has significantly changed the Indian political landscape, turning the country in to what today some people call an “illiberal democracy” due to greater authoritarianism and an “ethnic democracy” due to his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) having imposed Hindutva.

On the occasion of the elections, what has Prime Minister Narendra Modi achieved whilst in office and what place is left for the opposition faced with the might of the BJP?