FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators in protective suits and masks lie on a road during a protest demanding to stop election and campaign rallies in the eastern state of West Bengal, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near the office of the Election Commission in Kolkata, India, April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
KOLKATA (Reuters) - Five Indian states will declare results on Sunday from local elections held in March and early April, at the start of a surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the country and its healthcare system, an election official said on Saturday.
The election results are seen as an early test of the impact the devastating second wave of the pandemic is having on support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his right-wing BJP party.
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