India election 2024 profiles: Amit Shah, Modi’s Man Friday & a master strategist

THE general elections in India will be due in April and May and while the national election body has not yet announced the schedule, the contesting parties have already started announcing names of the candidates they have decided to field from various constituencies of the nation. Elections will be held to 543 constituencies of the popularly elected Lok Sabha or Lower House of the parliament and the party or alliance securing 272 of them will form the government.