India votes: How 970 million people are deciding on who the leader of world's new powerhouse will be -- RT India

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Earlier this week, Iran requested that India maintain an "active role" in efforts to halt the war in Gaza, through international bodies like the United Nations Security Council.
48% : Around 968 million people -more than the population of the EU, US and Russia combined- are entitled to cast ballots to determine who gets to sit in India's lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, and who will become India's next prime minister.
48% : It passes laws, holds the government accountable by introducing and passing motions of no-confidence, holds the reins of financial control (having sole authority over taxation, borrowing, and spending), and wields more influence in legislative affairs.

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