In boost for Modi, BJP sweeps polls in three Indian states

FILE PHOTO: People wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the Madhya Pradesh state assembly election in Indore, India, November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday won regional votes in three out of four major states, in a big boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of a national election due by May.

The central states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and the southern state of Telangana, voted last month in the last set of provincial elections before the national poll, in which Modi will seek a third term.