India 's general election will take five weeks and is the biggest election in history . Comment: Mohan Guruswamy , a political analyst at Delhi 's Center for Policy Alternatives , likens Modi 's economic vision for a `` right-wing , authoritarian corporate state '' as closer to the model in China -- India 's neighboring superpower whose rapid economic ascent is eyed enviously from the subcontinent , where GDP growth has dropped below 5 % . The race pits a controversial but popular Hindu nationalist against a member of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty . Analysts are describing the vote as India 's most significant in decades .
India 's general election will take five weeks and is the biggest election in history . Comment: The race pits a controversial but popular Hindu nationalist against a member of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty . Analysts are describing the vote as India 's most significant in decades .