NEW DELHI — The tip has come for India’s 47-day marathon election for the decrease home of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, during which virtually a billion voters, from the Himalayas within the north to far off islands within the Indian Ocean, have taken half.
As election officers trekked for miles, by foot, hoof and helicopter, to gather the votes of probably the most distant residents, India’s prime diplomat, S Jaishankar, known as it the “largest electoral logistics train that this planet has ever witnessed.”