US cites India on voter IDs, but are elections under Modi clean?

US President Donald Trump has been touting India’s election system as a model for tougher voter-identification rules in the United States that he is trying to force through in the face of political opposition.In a Truth Social post on Monday, the US president said India’s Chief Election Commissioner had asked his administration how the US could hold elections without a valid photo ID.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Bangladeshi infiltrator’: Indian Muslims in poll-bound Bihar battle hatelist 2 of 4India’s new suicide crisis: Poll workers take lives amid voter recount rushlist 3 of 4Millions in India’s Bengal risk losing welfare benefits over voter deletionlist 4 of 4India’s youth have broken Modi’s spellend of list“India’s last election had 646,000,000 voters! Less than 1 percent voted by mail, and every single voter had to have a valid photo identity document,” he said.The US president used the comparison to renew his push for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require people registering to vote in federal elections to provide documentary proof of US citizenship and impose stricter voter-ID requirements.While India’s elections are the world...