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June 3, 2024

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