.NEARLY ONE BILLION folks are actually directing their votes in India's overall election. It is the largest autonomous exercise in background-- as well as could additionally be actually the most expensive. Costs is actually expected to connect with 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), according to the Facility for Media Research Studies (CMS), an Indian charitable. That would be actually much more than double the volume devoted in the previous vote-casting in 2019 and also also go beyond the cash splashed in The United States's presidential vote-casting in 2020. Why carry out Indian political parties invest such huge totals?