i'm obviously confident the winner is b j p i also voted for b j p i don't think other parties have a chance everyone will vote for b j p obviously b j p is the winner there work you can see it may but they. don't want the new government to function well to be peaceful and for the situation here to get resolved as someone living in kashmir this is my desire so i think i can support on going to tell you i mean i see him and i i mean you know if you do i need to see a prime minister who talks about education. and peace and love. so can you remind our international audience what was the campaign slogan of modi during his first campaign remind us what he said he was promising for india. fred so back in twenty four team the big promise we were coming right off an economic crash from a government that was seen as standard with a lot of corruption and so now they get the power back then promising literally the good bill is a champion was the slogan of that means the good days are coming he promised to take in to a place that hadn't been taken before not just in the past five years but the pr

leads the ruling b j p his main challenger raul gandhi is the leader of the indian national congress party the old so powerful regional parties which are formed what they call a grand alliance against more the and may hold the cards if national parties don't win an outright majority among them a moderate the. party and uk english other of the party but in the us most populous state with a provision which has eighty seats and then there is the better g of the all india trinamool congress from west bengal where forty two seats are up for grabs so who would lead more than a billion indians for the next five years well for that we have to wait to come to day on may twenty third. well the parana is live for us in new delhi so elizabeth what are the issues the main issues that are driving voters to the polls. one michelle let's start with the main issues which are not just nationwide but in show focus here in. where i am the reason that we here is not just because it's the most populous states and india two hundred million people live you have that as a country it would be the seventh larg

voting for b j p in that interim already is a. that's taking a page right out of the international peace playbook but it will be interesting to see in a stasia whether that resonates that we want to be confident you know we've been calling on attacks on all they see this will be this is affirmation that more he is the person to do with pockets. and those with her on him keeping an eye on polling for us there is a pradesh thanks very much for that update as. well as straightly as prime minister has called a general election on may eighteenth scott morrison is seeking a fad ten for his conservative coalition he's been in office since august and is the third prime minister to lead a government divided over issues in teaching climate change and energy policy has played a role in a strange a strain as last six changes of prime minister andrew thomas has more from sydney it's in the less affluent suburbs of australian cities like here in western sydney a long way from the beaches in the harbor that this election will be decided for the

to come into power i only cast my vote to keep the b j p at bay as they have suppressed the kashmiris. a refund. and that if i was to said the reason i am voting is because of what the b j p say they may well do to and kashmir so by not citing i you helping that to happen they asked the debate and people saying we will consolidate india. kashmir make that part of india so rather than being an autonomous toiletry going to be part of india that's what they say they want to hear they using perhaps this election as a referendum on that if you didn't so i cannot help it i think it's not about helping or. personally i have never wanted me did anyone in my family has more did so i didn't even think about being but there are some people who think that if the they want to. go through seven be the one to that but that's a very small fictional people. but let's talk to people they have actually lost the democracy the whole last elections they have completely you know they had must be eliminated from the mainstream politics even if you know new leaders emerge and the rum is them new day showed th

targeting them specifically but only fifteen or so belong to or were rather supporting the governing b j p now if you look in a different way the number of followers it does paint a little bit of a different picture those seven hundred or so counts of porn the governing b j p added up to about two hundred thousand followers in total those fifteen pages or so that support of the governing b j p had two and a half million followers now the inauthentic behavior you spoke about facebook says that that's the reason that those fake accounts were taken down not the content they posted per se but that could mean that these were fake accounts or that they were bought swans that automatically post pages or links now the congress party says that none of the party pages taken down actually belong to them but that could just mean that they belong to supporters the b j p on the other hand hasn't commented on the pages supporting them this issue of fake news has been spreading on social media and messaging applications particularly whatsapp which is owned by facebook some of the more recent and biggest f

today to elect a new parliament and prime minister narendra modi from the ruling in the nationalist b j p is seeking a second term. of the opposition congress party run. the election is the world's biggest with nine hundred million voters eligible to vote they have to elect five hundred forty three m.p.'s to the lower house of parliament . has been spread out across the cut in seven phases today the polls across twenty states and territories all. the country this includes. a state with sense of number of m.p.'s to parliament key to the election will be a number of first time voters aged eighteen to nineteen. traveled to one of them using his talents to get his. twenty year old. frankie would be voting in india's general election for the first time. and he wants others to do. his song. to cast the ballot. in these times it's easy to get manipulated there are lots of. truths and hard. paddled everywhere it's all mixed up. socially conscious music with such as the futility of rising incidents of sexual assault and peer pressure. is little creation it plays on a popular radio station in calcu

polls to elect a new parliament and prime minister narendra modi from the ruling hindu nationalist b j p is seeking a second his main challenger is leader of the opposition congress party. the election is the world's biggest with nine hundred million voters in total eligible to vote they have to elect five hundred forty three representatives to the know house of parliament called the locus of india is one of the biggest markets for social media companies like facebook and whatsapp these platforms have become an additional campaigning ground the correspondent just fall to the state of karnataka to meet a candidate hoping social media can be his trump card to a seat in parliament. oh but if you're going to fight me this has to be just we suited for that student of the south indian city of bengal who never a lawyer and an aspiring member of parliament for joining us here but out of order but there are people at twenty eight he is the youngest candidate from the ruling the g.o.p. to contest these elections. as temperatures soared above to five degrees on the soft be just three goes out of hi

all good days the rhetoric of the campaigning is different this time this is an election with the b j p of focusing on national security that they have a majority again in what they're for they take out have a majority. in new delhi without winning this socially facing a huge challenge this time from two powerful asian economies to form the coalition to take them all on and that's something that was seeing elsewhere in the country other regional council regional parties forming coalitions to really challenge the b j p in this election and there's a problem with that update there from our protest thank you as well for norman speak to mindanao taco in new delhi he's a professor of political science. narrowed university myntra took us through some of the key issues here is this a referendum on modi off to the b j p's landslide victory in twenty fourteen. are you asking dutch would be good to be done. is this an issue of referendum on modi or or is this an issue of national security talk us through some of the key issues in this election. is the securities one of the cold issues arising the

parliamentary majority in thirty years the question now do the engine still want five more years of the b j p modi's main challenger is raul gandhi of the indian national congress or congress party how to listen to voters talk about what they want from this year's election. obviously confident. i'm obviously confident the winner is b. j.p. i also voted for b.j. i don't think other parties have a chance everyone will vote for b.j. pete obviously b.j. pierce the winner their work you can see it may both. want the new government to function well to be peaceful and for the situation in kashmir to get resolved as someone living in kashmir this is my desire so i think i can support on gandhi i mean i see him and i i mean you know if you do i need to see a prime minister who talks about education. and peace and love. so can you remind our international audience what was the campaign slogan of modi during his first campaign remind us what he said he was promising for india. fred so back in twenty four team the big promise we were coming right off an economic crash of a government that was seen as sta

but in twenty fourteen the populous leader of the party or the b j p swept to victory with an absolute majority his government promised to ease poverty improve the economy and rid india of corruption. but he's been seen by many as favoring the hindu majority population and that's led to political tensions and violence although india is the second largest exporter of b. for the world council venerated by hindus vigilantly attacks against people in the beef have left many dead another source of conflict is are you it's a religious site played by both hindus and muslims it has been fought over for decades india supreme court has intervened at the un human rights chief is war you delhi its actions are being monitored in a saab the b j p is demanding that minorities many muslims prove the indian or face deportation to bangladesh the government has. one of course was a government development but other was communism no major conflict right but. that's what they have been doing for years. fear in their manner community of the economy the government was criticized after it took high value five

paint a little bit of a different picture those seven hundred or so counts of pouring the governing b j p added up to about two hundred thousand followers in total those fifteen pages or so that support of the governing b j p had two and a half million followers now the inauthentic behavior you spoke about facebook says that that's the reason that those fake accounts were taken down not the content they posted per se but that could mean that these were fake accounts or that they were bots ones that automatically post pages or links now the congress party says that none of the party pages taken down actually belong to them but that could just mean that they belong to supporters the b j p on the other hand hasn't commented on the pages supporting them this issue of fake news has been spreading on social media and messaging applications particularly whatsapp which is owned by facebook some of the more recent and biggest fake news stories have been the ones on calvin july auntie's stories about the slaughtering of cows an animal considered sacred by too many here in india which has led to att

facebook but it's mostly been groups that are either supporting or fairly aided with the governing b j p they have been accused of spreading fake news stories about the slaughtering of cows an animal considered sacred by many here in india that's led to attacks against minorities as well as more recently the targeting of kashmir is across the country following the suicide bombing in february in india that mr kushner that killed about forty indian troops now only one page considered b j p leaning was taken down the rest were all supporters of the opposition congress party but interestingly enough facebook says it wasn't the content these pages were sharing that got them taken down it was their quote inauthentic behavior what facebook says how they share that content by using fake accounts which got them banned and what's the opposition saying about this first. well adrian they're being very tight lipped the model code of conduct in effect here that's an election law that limits what political parties can say during an election campaign but a short time ago a spokesperson for the oppositio

paint a little bit of a different picture those seven hundred or so counts of pouring the governing b j p added up to about two hundred thousand followers in total those fifteen pages or so that support of the government b j p at two and a half million followers now the inauthentic behavior you spoke about facebook says that that's the reason that those fake accounts were taken down not the content they posted per se but that could mean that these were fake accounts or that they were bought swans and automatically post pages or links now the congress party says that none of the part pages taken down actually belong to them but that could just mean that they belong to supporters b j p on the other hand hasn't commented on the pages supporting them as the spread of misinformation it's been a shared concern and dia for a while now and especially ahead of the general election and all of the social media giants on the pressure to act. well that's true elizabeth this has been a problem for years as you mentioned but the question why now this issue of fake news has been spreading on social media

but in twenty fourteen the populace leader of the party or the b j p so up to victory with an absolute majority his government promised to ease poverty improve the economy and rid india of corruption. but he's been seen by many as favoring the hindu majority population and that's led to political tensions and violence although it is the second largest exporter of be for the world council venerated by hindus vigilantly attacks against people who eat beef have left many dead are the source of conflict is our youth it's a religious site played by both hindus and muslims but has been fought over for decades india's supreme court has intervened at the un human rights chief is war you delhi its actions are big bolted in a sob the b j p is demanding that minorities many muslims prove the indian or face deportation to bangladesh the government has a strategy one of course was a government development but other was communism no major conflict right but small incidences of rights were on the agenda and that's what they have been doing for years. fear in their managing community of the economy th

prime minister b j p party and the opposition congress party sent messages to millions of followers onsocial media but the user base is eager market for verified content critical of politicians india has three hundred million facebook uses more than any other country in the world meaning fake news has the potential to spread like wildfire. india's election commission has now taught facebook to tighten its oversight one of the things that i've learned through working on election integrity is that it is an adversarial space where that means is that we will always see adaptation we will always see new threats emerge despite efforts by the social media giant while for the election commission to things fake news could have a big impact at the ballot box. and . the fallout from that is just as unpredictable as the indian election itself. here in germany attention is focusing on a blood test that can leave expectant mothers facing a moral dilemma test a term and whether an unborn child has delved syndrome there's pressure now for the test to be covered by public health insurance the test has

many of the b j p supporters are small traders and it says it's made it easier to do business and improve services for the poor and middle classes but opposition parties blame it for high youth unemployment exploiting divides in communities and the ongoing debt crisis facing farmers opinion polls suggest the b j p is heading for a reduced majority. about more unity but some analysts say many indian voters do not decide whom to vote for until the last minute the previous. everybody was thinking. and then the slogan for india shining but it. put out so you never know what is going on what i'm going to cut and. the main opposition congress is hoping to capitalize on this uncertainty are promising voters millions of new jobs as well as a guaranteed minimum income for the poorest twenty percent but it's uncertain if that's enough to persuade voters. this election is just getting started and there's still six more phases to come whether voters give the b.g.p. another chance elect the opposition or coalition of regional parties takes power will be seen over the coming weeks as jamil al jazeera n

ago gandhi's congress party was jubilant recently after winning back three key states from modi's b j p in regional elections. and they have promised to prioritise the single biggest issue for voters the lack of jobs there schmidt in this country in every state young people are searching for jobs wherever you go and ask a young person what they're doing they reply i'm not doing anything that they'll get there quickly got there. it's a giant challenge while the indian economy has gathered strength under modi it has struggled to generate enough jobs especially for the country's young people. more than half of indians are aged twenty five or under and some twelve million enter the workforce each year. the recent spike in tensions between india and pakistan in kashmir however has put another issue on the agenda national security and that may well play into the hands of now render modi and his hindu nationalists. the prime minister has started himself as the watchman protecting his country by being strong on defense tough on terror in the army they are wrong there to be players in the brig o

gandhi has vowed to prioritise his congress party managed to win back three key states from modi's b j pin regional elections. the recent spike in tensions between india and pakistan in kashmir however has put another issue on the agenda national security and that may well play into the hands of now render modi and his hindu nationalists the prime minister has down himself as the watchman protecting his country by being strong on defense tough on terror but much will depend on his party's performance in several key states such as here in our pradesh if the first day of gender elections in india of and by hundred million people very be wanting in a new government and i am right now at a polling booth in the city of noida in north india behind me you can see it all in with officials who are helping what does find their names in the electoral rolls now just to give you an idea of the scale of this election in noida alone there are about fixed hundred over six hundred polling booths all across this city if the pull of nationalism prove strong enough in this election modi supporters may well

only benefit the b j t the government of india wants us to boycott the election they are creating unrest because they want to be j.p. to come into power only cast my votes to keep the b j p at bay as they have suppressed the kashmiris. a refund. and that five test said the reason i am voting is because of what the b j p say they may well do to jim and kashmir so by not putting i you helping that to happen they asked to debate a possible saying we will consolidate india kashmir make that part of india so rather than being an autonomous toiletry going to be part of india that's what they say they want to and they're using perhaps this election as a referendum on that if you didn't so i cannot help it i think it's not about helping or not helping. me i have never wanted me did anyone in my family has warded so i didn't even think about ward being but there are some people who think that if the they want to. go through syria and be the one to war that but that's a really small fictional people. but let's talk to people they have actually lost in the democracy the whole last elections they have completely you know dad must be eliminated from the mainstream politics even if yo

many of the b j p supporters are small traders and it says it's made it easier to do business and improve services for the poor and middle classes but opposition parties blame it for high youth unemployment exploiting divides in communities and the ongoing debt crisis facing farmers opinion polls suggest the b j p is heading for a reduced majority. about more you worry but some analysts say many indian voters do not decide whom to vote for until the last minute the previous bigotry dizzy everybody was thinking. and then the slogan for india shining but it put out. put out so you never know what is going on what i'm going to cut and is there. going to be. the main opposition congress is hoping to capitalize on this uncertainty are promising voters millions of new jobs as well as a guaranteed minimum income for the poorest twenty percent but it's uncertain if that's enough to persuade voters. this election is just getting started and there's still six more phases to come whether voters give the b.g.p. another chance elect the opposition or coalition of regional parties takes power will be s

i it's a private news agency that benefits from close access to not in the movie and his party the b j p of course many mainstream channels then picked up the interview and run into this entire to go. the tone was beyond informal it was phoning and this interview has been physician quite carefully to avoid falling afoul of election commission rules now conventional broadcast interviews are banned while voting is under way and so this interview was labeled a nonpolitical interaction so this is mostly in the b j p spotting a loophole in the election rules and just taking advantage of it absolutely me using the bollywood card to do that you see there are many mainstream outlets that are openly aligned with the b.g.p. but the prime minister is not taking any chances bollywood actors have posed for selfies with him they've tweeted in support of him in fact there was even a film by o p.

small traders are a traditional base for the b j p or part the the party and prime minister narendra modi now move back addressing that base to shore up support during this election many small traders say they are very pleased with the government's policy. yes reason has been good for business been modi's very good with this election manifesto in future after binning he will really do a good job for us not all traders are police twenty six. which was the withdrawal of high value currency notes in the market and last year's introduction of the goods and services tax hit some traders hard now modi is trying to win those traders back here in this garments market though some traders say no one is listening to their concerns. the policies of this government have ruined us whatever has happened to us for the last one and a half years that shouldn't happen to once or worst enemies overnight they have ruined us and business. prime minister most of the in the b j p hope their continued pro-business policies will eventually sort these problems out and keep the majority of small traders on thei

only benefit the b j t the government of india wants us to boycott the election they are creating unrest because they want to be j.p. to come into power i only cast my vote to keep the b j p at bay as they have suppressed the kashmiris. a refund. and that if i was to set the reason i am voting because of what the b j p say they may well do to and kashmir so by not citing i you helping that to happen to the debate ip possibly saying we will consolidate india. kashmir make that part of india so rather than being an autonomous toiletry going to be part of india that's what they say they want to they using perhaps this election as a referendum on that if he does so i cannot help it. i think it's not about helping. me personally i have never wanted me did anyone in my family has more did so i didn't even think about being but there are some people who think they're the they want to. go to say will be the one to bet but that's a really small fictional people. but let's talk to people they have actually lost in the democracy the whole last elections they have completely you know they had must be eliminated from the mainstream politics even if you know new leaders emerge and the

millions of indians voters for the party or b j p led by a right wing populist leader the red remote in twenty fourteen he promised a lot to the electorate especially the young are being young. we want the country to progress then we need to develop their skills that's my mission this is my promise to develop skill india where the promises were made that where there really is skill india training and there may be something. so hope was really rising but in forty years nothing happened you know ninety five percent of startups have failed i don't see any end in a start up making up for years. if you give the capital new delhi aspiring fashion designers are close to graduating and many in this class like books and the leisure of first time voters because i wasn't give my promise that i was one of the men who keeps their promises just not for the stakes sake of getting what in the next election is but to be dead for the people as me graduate out of course the first thing which we will look at. and that's what we want these are just some of the estimated fifteen million graduates that wil

india's governing party has announced its political manifesto ahead of next week's elections that b j p is looking to build on what it says has been its major achievements over the past five years nine hundred million in getting people to vote from thursday the elections will go on for nearly six weeks prime minister narendra modi seeking a second term in office but faces strong opposition from rahul gandhi of the congress party and speak to our correspondent in new delhi phase john mail phase tell us about the manifesto that the governing party has released what promises is prime minister modi making as he seeks a new mandate he. well they're saying that they want to make india among the top three economies in the world to do that by making it easier for foreign companies and locals to do business in the country but they're also going to double income for farmers create engines for small business owners that's a big base for the j.p. as well they're going to do other measures like reserving one third of all harlem introduced. eight legislature seats for women now some controversial poi

opinion polls suggest the b j p is heading for a reduced majority. or do you worry that some analysts say many indian voters do not decide whom to vote for until the last minute the previous big. everybody was thinking. and there was a slogan for india shining but it put out. put out so you never know what is going on what i'm going to cut and is there. going to be. the main opposition congress is hoping to capitalize on this uncertainty by promising voters millions of new jobs as well as a guaranteed minimum income for the poorest twenty percent but it's uncertain if that's enough to persuade voters. this election is just getting started and there's still six more phases to come whether voters get to be deep enough to chance elect the opposition or coalition of regional parties takes power will be seen over the coming weeks as jamil al-jazeera new delhi. australia will head to the polls for a general election on may eighteenth scott morrison announced the dates just eight months after becoming prime minister all the divided conservative coalition go

just really has been criticised for all tweets opposing reservations for women and supporting the b j p's hindu nationalist agenda he has even want to gag order on the media to prevent reporting on what he called stephanie tree allegations. but now a group of friends and supporters is hard at work to boost his online image. the content is kept young and peppy to resonate with the just response on political cartoons like these in addition help directly establish prime minister narendra modi's support for the young candidate. fortunately did he must also ensure ethical content that follows official guidelines. social media is it a belief or did what with we are really not in control of what happens online itself it was for use a bit of what they were goes online from this music on that we can go. supporters to exuberance to be what it about privacy and picnics. but it is what happens online that may well decide this election. and one man who has been watching this online space for some time is pretty he's co-founder and editor of news this website cracks down and debunks fake news in india

to come into power i only cast my vote to keep the b j p at bay as they have suppressed the kashmiris. rifat didn't. and that if i will test said the reason i am voting because of what the b j p say they may well do to jim and kashmir so by not citing i you helping that to happen they asked to debate ip possibly saying we will consolidate india. kashmir make that part of india so rather than being an autonomous toiletry going to be part of india that's what they say they want to and they are using perhaps this election as a referendum on that if you didn't so i cannot help it i think it's not about helping or. personally i have never wanted needed anyone in my family has more did so i didn't even think about would being but there are some people who think that if the they want to. go through say wouldn't be the want to bet but that's a very small fictional people. but let's talk to people they have actually lost in the democracy the whole last elections they have completely you know they had most be eliminated from the mainstream politics even if you know new leaders emerge and the ru

mentioned like unemployment the economy communal relations and since the attack me the ruling the b j p have made this election about national security well given the national security is such a huge issue as what does pakistan one top of this election i imagine as i'm about as watching very very closely indeed. they are the stasi and we heard from prime minister him on con yesterday who told reporters that he would find. it better to negotiate with the current government to find a special month for the seven decade long dispute and to me it now that's interesting because this is a hindu nationalist government it is one that has especially since that attack in february has georgia and teapots sentiment and yet prominent among all of the saying that he would find it better to negotiate with them and that is because and this is something that we have heard in the past because there wouldn't be as much of a backlash from the right wing if the negotiations were being led by a viking government that would this be an advantage to be in this election. the opposition parties have seized on that

are electing a new parliament and prime minister narendra modi from the ruling hindu nationalists b j p is seeking a second term his main challenger is the head of the opposition congress party rock hold gandhi the election is the world's biggest with nine hundred million voters in total eligible to vote they have to elect five hundred forty three representative to the lower house of parliament called the locus of. one of the issues that has been set the stage in these elections is the issue of unemployment the ruling b.g.p. is accused of suppressing a government report that claims unemployment is at a forty five year high this even as the economy expands it's a strange paradox that's affecting millions of india's youth. spawn of nimish adjust for travel to the state of chalk and in the country's east to find out more . bit in the party and scored the highest grades in his undergraduate degree in social logy he received a gold medal from the president of india for extending into graduate studies he went on to get a third degree which allows him to become a teacher. he's one of the most

elections voters will elect a new parliament and prime minister narendra modi from the ruling hindu b j p party is seeking a second term his main challenger is leader of the opposition congress party raul gandhi the election is the world's biggest with nine hundred million people eligible to vote they were elected five hundred forty three m.p.'s to the lower house of parliament called the lok sabha polling has been spread out across the country in seven phases today voters went to the polls across nine states this includes parts of the state of west bengal where one political party is fielding a significant number of female candidates. forty one percent that's the highest number from any party this election correspondent sonja sally car travels to west bengal to meet. of the trinamool congress. in. it's early morning in whistling goals not their district politics here is a festive appeared it's dominated by the ruling t.n.c. or tournament congress party and the start of the show here is the party's. she quit a prestigious job as president of j.p. morgan in london in two thousand and eight

indians are eligible to vote over the next month prime minister narendra modi and his hindu nationalist b j p a favorites modi was swept into office in two thousand and fourteen on promises of more jobs and a stronger economy and last year gross domestic product did grow by seven point three percent making india the fastest growing economy in the world but it's not creating enough jobs unemployment stands at over seven percent as you can see providing jobs is key as the population booms there are one and a half billion indians and that number is growing by fifteen million every year and the prime minister has run into some self-inflicted problems along the way. chaos of banks across india as almost all paper money is rendered worthless two years ago prime minister narendra modi stripped five hundred one thousand reaping notes of their value leaving millions of indians without their savings it was meant to tackle money laundering but lives and businesses were disrupted this textile factory in tamil nadu had to close for nearly three weeks its c.e.o. is still angry. over today if you get there

dangerous when he has been criticised for tweets opposing reservations for women and supporting the b j p's hindu nationalist agenda he has even want to gag order on the media to prevent reporting on what he called stephanie tree allegations. but now a group of friends and supporters is harder to work to boost his online image. the content just kept young and peppy to resonate with the just response on a political cartoons like these in addition help directly establish prime minister narendra modi's support for the young candidate. social media to you must also ensure ethical content that all those official guidelines. social media is there to believe ford works with is really really more in control of what happens online and since it was all user base or word order or goes online from these these are going . on going to good. supporters meanwhile exuberance to be what it about privacy and be camille's but it is what happens online that may well decide this election. nimish i just while reporting for us there now to some other stories making headlines around the world north korea has demand

india's governing bodies announcing its political manifesto ahead of next week's election the b j p is looking to build on what it says has been its major achievements over the past five years nine hundred million indians are eligible to vote from tuesday mr modi is seeking a second term. and the largest airline in the united states is counting more flights because of the boeing seven three seven max disasters american airlines says ninety five a day will remain canceled for another two months around three hundred fifty grounded worldwide following two crashes within five months. with headlines on al-jazeera witness is up next stay with us. thousands of people have been killed raped or mutilated in south sudan's civil war a un report says government forces and other militia are financing the conflict with money from the country's oil industry you would never allow that break in south sudan and we will never totally this south sudan's oil minister talks to want to see her. finish what i'm a lot. at get can only with only that of oil in the wallet but. at the appointed people thought i l

many of the b j p supporters are small traders and it says it's made it easier to do business and improve services for the poor and middle classes but opposition parties blame it for high youth unemployment exploiting divides in communities and the ongoing debt crisis facing farmers opinion polls suggest the b j p is heading for a reduced majority. or do you want to but some analysts say many indian voters do not decide whom to vote for until the last minute the previous big. everybody was thinking. and then the slogan for india shining. so you never know what is going on. the main opposition congress is hoping to capitalize on this uncertainty are promising voters millions of new jobs as well as a guaranteed minimum income for the poorest twenty percent. but it's uncertain if that's enough to persuade voters. this election is just getting started and there's still six more phases to come whether voters give the b.g.p. another chance elect the opposition or coalition of regional parties takes power will be seen over the coming weeks until as joins us live now from new delhi so how is the

and i it's a private news agency that benefits from close access to not in the movie and his party b j p of course many mainstream channels then picked up the interview and added to this entire to go. the tone was beyond informal it was phoning and this interview has been positioned quite carefully to avoid falling afoul of election commission rules now conventional broadcast interviews are banned while voting is under way and so this interview was labeled a nonpolitical interaction so this is modi in the b j p spotting a loophole in the election rules and just taking advantage of an absolutely me using the bollywood card to do that you see there are many mainstream outlets that are openly aligned with the b.g.p. but the prime minister is not taking any chances bollywood actors have posed for selfies with him they've tweeted in support of him in fact there was even a film a biopic that was slated for release just as voting began with the election commission then intervened and said it would have to wait until after results are announced ok going back to social media now for a minute the

election the b j p is promising improved national security and social programs are doing more to fight corruption it's also targeting women voters with promises of what it called female empowerment prime minister narendra modi's seeking reelection but faces opposition from raul gandhi of the congress party so let's take a look at the key issues ahead of the polls opening on thursday unemployment is a major concern that with india is suffering its worst way to nearly half a century or more than one billion people in the country and about half are under twenty five and out of work the needs of india's farmers are also a priority about a quarter of the population works in agriculture for the many facing low crop prices and mounting debt hate crimes are another issue that is going to be likely there have been more attacks against religious minorities and marginalized communities since the last election and then there is the question about regional security tensions between india and neighboring pakistan spiked after a bomb attack in indian administered kashmir and set theory so raman has t

and i it's a private news agency that benefits from close access to not in the movie and his party b j p of course many mainstream channels then picked up the interview and run into this entirety. the tone was beyond informal it was phoning and this interview has been physician quite carefully to avoid falling afoul of election commission rules now conventional broadcast interviews are banned while voting is under way and so this interview was labeled a nonpolitical interaction so this is mostly in the b j p spotting a loophole in the election rules and just taking advantage of it absolutely me using the bollywood card to do that you see there are many mainstream outlets that are openly aligned with the b.g.p. but the prime minister is not taking any chances bollywood actors have posed for selfies with him they've tweeted in support of him in fact there was even a film a bio pic that was slated for release just as voting began with the election commission then intervened and said it would have to wait until after results are announced ok going back to social media now for a minute the me

i it's a private news agency that benefits from close access to not in the movie and his party the b j p of course many mainstream channels then picked up the interview and ran into this entire to go. the tone was beyond informal it was phoning and this interview has been positioned quite carefully to avoid falling afoul of election commission rules now conventional broadcast interviews are banned while voting is under way and so this interview was labeled a nonpolitical interaction so this is modi and the b j p spotting a loophole in the election rules and just taking advantage of an absolutely me using the bollywood card to do that you see there are many mainstream outlets that are openly aligned with the b.g.p. but the prime minister is not taking any chances bollywood actors have posed for selfies with him they've tweeted in support of him in fact there was even a film a biopic that was slated for release just as voting began with the election commission then intervened and said it would have to wait until after results are announced ok going back to social media now for a minute the

many of the b j p supporters are small traders and it said it's made it easier to do business and improve services for the poor and middle classes but opposition parties blame it for high youth unemployment exploiting divides in communities and the ongoing debt crisis facing farmers opinion polls suggest the b j p is heading for reduced majority. but some analysts say many indian voters do not decide whom to vote for until the last minute the previous big. everybody was thinking. and there was a slogan. but it. it put out so you would never know what is going on there. the main opposition congress is hoping to capitalize on this uncertainty by promising voters millions of new jobs as well as the guaranteed minimum income for the poorest twenty percent but it's uncertain if that's enough to persuade voters. this election is just getting started and there's still six more phases to come whether voters give the b.g.p. another chance elect the opposition or coalition of regional party takes power will be seen over the coming weeks camille al-jazeera. a strenuous prime minister has called a ge