'Maoist' attack in India's Chhattisgarh kills BJP lawmaker
A legislator from India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been killed in an attack on his campaign convoy in Chhattisgarh state, police have told the BBC.
At least four security personnel were also killed in the ambush by suspected Maoist rebels.
Bheema Mandavi, 40, was the state MP for Dantewada, which has seen Maoist violence for decades.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47869871
The article reads that the Indian election in 3 phases starts in two days. They are spaced over a few weeks.
On twitter, following events in India, this lady, Deepti Sachdeva is helpful. Probably helpful on a basic level for an America but nonetheless helpful. She has a lot of video updates :
https://twitter.com/DeeptiSachdeva_23,000 followers isn't much about of a country over a billion.
BJP is Modi's party. When these parties usually are just identified by initials, it's difficult to know what party of which we speak but that was in the article.
