Millions Defy Adversity to Vote for Parliament
Tens of millions of Indians, defying rebel attacks and oppressive heat, voted in parliamentary elections expected to return Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s governing coalition to power.
Violence across the country killed 15 people and wounded 18. Turnout in 16 states and territories was a little under the past national average of 60%.
Rebels from the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir to India’s isolated northeast have promised to sabotage the vote, a gigantic undertaking run in five stages during a three-week period.
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