Months out from national elections, Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s BJP party has emerged victorious in key regional polls marred by doubts over polling machines, freebies in exchange for votes and opaque political donations. Observers are worried that the upcoming general election will face the same problems.
In state assembly elections last weekend, the Hindu nationalist BJP grabbed control in the states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the opposition Indian National Congress, as well as winning a fifth term in Madhya Pradesh, India’s second largest province.
