India election: How Prime Minister Modi's ruling party is trying to reach southern voters | C News

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party, the BJP, are exceptionally popular but with most of their support in India’s northern states the BJP barely has a presence in the south. Modi doesn’t need the south to win a majority. Nevertheless he is determined to change that, campaigning heavily in states like Tamil Nadu. But will it make a difference? India's 2024 general election is being held over six weeks between 19 April and 1 June and will be the biggest the world has ever seen. PM Modi is hoping to win a third successive term, but opposition parties say Indians face the loss of many freedoms if he stays in power. The BBC's South Asia Correspondent Samira Hussain reports. #IndiaElection2024 #NarendraModi #BBCNews #news