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India PM Modi’s home state Gujarat votes in key regional election

A woman holds her voter card after casting her vote at a polling booth in Limbdi town of Surendranagar district in Gujarat, India [Amit Dave/Reuters]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat is voting in local polls, with his Hindu nationalist party expected to win a seventh straight term, but any unexpected slips could herald a tighter contest in national polls due by 2024.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not lost in the western industrial state since 1995 and Modi served as its chief minister for nearly 13 years before becoming the prime minister in 2014.

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