India’s democratic exercise, unparalleled in its expanse, vibrancy, and outreach, is set to end its course on Saturday with polling for the remaining 57 Lok Sabha seats in eight states/UTs, extending from the plains of Punjab to the ghats of Varanasi and its eastern UP hinterland, and the hills of Himachal to the teeming urban sprawl of Kolkata and its environs.
The fifth phase of polling for Lok Sabha polls on May 20 across 49 parliamentary constituencies in six states and two Union Territories (UTs) saw a voter turnout of 23.66 per cent till 11 am, the Election Commission (ECI) said on Monday.
India will become a $4 trillion economy before the Lok Sabha elections and in 2 to 2.5 years, it will touch the $5 trillion GDP mark, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. “India will have the third largest GDP in the world latest by 2027, as per every street estimate,” Goyal said at the launch of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Utsav in New Delhi.
