“Truly stunning numbers, 900 million eligible voters, that is almost three times the size of the entire US population,” said one of the anchors in the evening news.
New Delhi: As the world’s largest democracy goes on polls, nations cannot stop, but take notice of it. It has been a developing story on the state-owned English language channel China Global Television Network (CGTN) where it referred it to it as a mega-election.
“Truly stunning numbers, 900 million eligible voters, that is almost three times the size of the entire US population,” said one of the anchors in the evening news. The event was covered by both China Daily and Chinese news agency Xinhua, referring it ‘the world’s biggest exercise in democracy.’
Earlier, the report shown observed that if the government changes at the centre in India, it ‘will not turn the clock back.’
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Backing the report, it further added that China had maintained a quality relationship with India during their 10-year in governance, while both the nation cooperated on a global level.
“On issues like climate change and WTO trade talks, Beijing and New Delhi formed a significant portion of the developing country bloc and found commonality in their agenda,” the report added.
It also published a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in 2014 and called them ‘old friends of the Chinese people.’
An Indian representative from Ghaziabad said, “This election has been considered as a referendum on Prime Minister Modi, all his supporters are out today saying his economic policy has done very well.”
The story in Chinese media added that about 1.1 million electronic voting machines were transported throughout the nation. It also found the mention of criticism calling some section feel PM Modi has fallen short of his promises, especially in the rural areas, where people are massively hit by drought and low prices. The pace of Indian growth was slow as it failed to generate employment
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Earlier, the report shown observed that if the government changes at the centre in India, it ‘will not turn the clock back.’
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