India votes 2019: Hindu nationalist bombing suspect on ballot
India’s ruling party fields an ultra-nationalist Hindu candidate facing terrorism charges, as the sixth phase of national elections gets underway.
Polls have opened in India for the sixth phase of the country’s parliamentary elections.
A ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate has been getting a lot of attention.
Pragya Thakur is running on an ultranationalist Hindu platform despite facing terrorism charges in connection with a 2008 mosque bombing that killed six people.
Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler reports from the city of Bhopal.
Published On 12 May 2019