Reborn as a Police Officer in India

Chapter 572 The Election is Over

Roton never imagined that Kanina and her group could govern India; he simply wanted to use these seats to gain more benefits for himself and Kanina.

After all, the People's Party's single seat is overwhelmingly dominant, and in this respect, we must acknowledge their excellence.

For Kanina and her team, the most realistic approach is to leverage the limited number of seats to gain the greatest benefit.

The People's Party wants the ruling power, and Rodon has no intention of fighting for it; he is willing to relinquish it, and besides, he doesn't have the means to do so right now.

Therefore, as long as Lao Xian and his group don't go too far, there is still a basis for cooperation.

Rodton wanted the CBI, this privileged agency, firmly in his own hands; that was the only way to maintain long-term, stable power.

Once the election results are in, I believe Lao Xian and his team will know how to make their choices.

The best outcome is when everyone gets what they need.

2024年，印度轰轰烈烈的大选将在4月19日开始，直到6月1日结束。

This election will be long and will involve the largest number of people in the world.

Of course, the amount of money consumed is also staggering, estimated at over $140 billion, even more than the US presidential election.

This is considered the most expensive campaign in global history.

Kanina and her colleagues were very busy, giving speeches and campaigning in their constituencies. Of course, Sori, the god of wealth, would give these voters all sorts of benefits, some directly giving money, and others giving them daily necessities.

Neil led his gang to maintain order at the scene, and of course, he was also responsible for getting the public to vote.

Neil's men got these people to vote for the People's Party.

The development of the Neil gang basically followed the development of the People's Party.

For example, if Kanina and her group were developing in several states adjacent to Maharashtra, then he would also develop his own power in those places, closely following the footsteps of the People's Party.

Although these places usually have local bullies, and even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local bully, Neil is no ordinary person now.

With the financial backing of Sori and by taking advantage of Rodon's status and influence, they were able to easily deal with the local police.

With the cooperation of the police, many things became much easier.

Even if they don't cooperate, the police will give Rodton face and turn a blind eye to some of the things Thori and Neil did.

That's the power of Rodton's influence.

Given Rodton's connections with the police, people will give him some face.

Especially now that Rodon is in charge of the CBI, if you offend Rodon, he has the power to investigate high-ranking police officers directly. Who would dare to offend Sory and his team?

With these resources, Neil quickly built his own force in these states, expanding the gang's influence.

In India, a political party is at a significant disadvantage in winning votes if it doesn't have the cooperation of local gangs.

After all, they are locals, so they can get things done much more efficiently.

Neil's gang now wields considerable influence in these states.

They were also trying to get more votes for Kanina and her friends, but most of their methods were not legitimate; they used coercion, intimidation, and other means.

These are things that Kanina and the others can't handle, so it's best to leave them to Neil and the others.

Right now, everyone is resorting to any means necessary, as long as they can get votes.

That means Neil and his group. Because of Rodon, they weren't too ruthless in their treatment of these people.

The benefits that are due will still be given.

Unlike some other gangs that swallow up almost all the benefits, leaving only a small portion for the voters.

When you compare them, you realize how honest Neil and his team are.

The reason for this, besides Rodton's influence, is that Neil, due to his relationship with Thori, is much wealthier than many other gangs, and he disdains such benefits.

If they ruin Rodon's big plans, they will suffer the consequences.

Sori's business expanded and grew, and he became increasingly generous with his spending.

He must have some things he can't do directly, so he'll leave those to Neil.

Sory also provides Neil with a considerable amount of funding, ensuring that Neil's gang lives a very comfortable life.

Economic strength is almost one of the important standards for the strength of a gang.

Only with money can you recruit more followers.

In fact, Kanina and her group have other sources of funding besides Sori's.

For example, Reliance Industries and Tata Group also have support.

Their support was naturally due to their connection with Rodton.

There are also various forces, some of which want to curry favor with Rodon, and others that are interest groups that are already on Rodon's side.

They naturally offered Kanina and the others all sorts of support.

Supporting them is supporting Rodon, and supporting yourself.

Everyone contributed money or effort.

It must be said that with the addition of Sharif and others, the influence of the People's Party has clearly reached a new level.

While Kanina and her allies were giving speeches and campaigning for votes, other political parties were doing the same.

Lao Xian, La Ge, and others all went to important ticket markets, making various promises and performing in order to gain more support.

Many bizarre things happened during the election campaign. Various problems arose at polling stations, such as theft of ballot boxes, fights, and arson, which were also common occurrences.

At this time, the police were under considerable pressure. Their manpower was already limited, and now they had to send people to maintain order at the scene, which was a huge test for them.

Also, the temperature in India is very high this month.

Today's temperature is much hotter than in previous years, and many people have died from the heat due to the election.

It wasn't just the poor who died from the heat; many government employees were among them, which shows how terrifying the temperature was.

On June 1, the 44-day election came to a close in a tense atmosphere.

Voting has ended; the next step is vote counting.

It will take three days, and the final result will be announced on June 4.

During this period, all political parties need to do is wait, wait for the final verdict.

Rodon, along with the women and some core members of the People's Party, gathered together for a banquet.

Although the final result is still unknown, based on what Rodon knows so far, Kanina and her team have performed exceptionally well.

There may not be 57 seats, but it will definitely be more than the twenty or thirty seats I initially expected.

that's enough.

This is a huge victory for them.

Compared to the People's Party and the Congress Party, Rodon and his group are clearly under less pressure.

Because what those two sides want is control of India, and everyone knows how difficult that is.

The People's Party is certainly very confident, but the Congress Party is a different story.

They knew very well that they couldn't possibly win more votes than the People's Party, so if they wanted to take power, they had to win over more allies.

If there are enough allies, theoretically their alliance seats could exceed half.

In that case, even if the People's Party has the most seats, it will not be able to govern.

But the Congress Party must be aware of the difficulties involved.

For Rodon, all he wanted was to secure some seats.

He was already quite satisfied with the current situation.

Some political parties, like Rodton and his group, are celebrating, even though there are no results yet, they feel it will be good.

Of course, there were happy moments, but also disappointing ones.

Some political parties have found their performance in this election to be extremely poor, perhaps even worse than their results in the last election.

The top leaders of the People's Party also gathered together.

Before the old immortal even appeared, everyone gathered in small groups, each with a smile on their face.

Nirmala, Rajnath, and Ermit, among other powerful ministers, sat together.

“Everyone is very optimistic.” Nirmala glanced around, having overheard some of the conversations among the people around her.

People are very optimistic about the results, and some are talking about it at length, saying that the number of seats should exceed 400.

This is more than the 370 seats previously reported by the People's Party.

“Optimism is a good thing, but blind optimism is not necessarily so,” Ermit said with a sip of his drink.

He and Nirmala didn't get along very well; there was too much competition between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior.

However, this is a general election, which concerns whether the People's Party can continue to govern, so everyone is in agreement on this point.

“Yes, it’s not a good thing,” Nirmala said, frowning.

As the head of the law enforcement agency, she had instructed Powell to conduct a detailed investigation into the election, including both her own support rate and that of her opponents.

Judging from the report submitted by Powell, it seems to have fallen short of everyone's initial expectations.

Moreover, the report submitted by Powell probably contains embellishments; in other words, he likely exaggerated or exaggerated the situation.

This means that the People's Party's approval rating and vote share this time will likely be even lower.

It seems impossible to reach 370 seats. Now some people are still saying they can get more than 400 seats, which is ridiculous.

Although these guys don't have their own inside information, it's still inappropriate for them to say such things.

This has raised everyone's expectations, and if they fall short of those expectations in the future, it will likely be a blow to many people.

“There’s no need to worry too much. A little more or less won’t make a big difference,” Rajnath said with a smile.

Now that he is the Minister of Defense, his conflict with Nirmala is less pronounced, and their relationship has improved considerably.

“That’s true,” Nirmala laughed. “The Congress Party still has no chance.”

Everyone is very confident about this.

In their view, winning 370 seats would be difficult, but surpassing the Congress Party would be no problem at all, and a majority of seats would also be no problem.

And they believe there will be more seats than last time.

If Rodon were here, he would definitely say that the three of them were also too optimistic.

Actually, you can't blame Nirmala and his party for this. There's nothing they can do. The BJP has become too arrogant in recent years. Even if they think they've gone too far and try to reduce their own seats, they never considered the possibility of not getting a majority of seats.

(End of this chapter)