NEW DELHI -- Nitin Gadkari, a senior leader in India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, fainted while delivering a speech during an election rally late last month on a day when temperatures soared to 40 C.
India elections
Indian politicians, voters battle scorching conditions as election heats up
Sweltering weather could sap turnout in multi-phase polling
Women drink water from a public tap on a hot summer day in India's Uttar Pradesh state on May 2. Politicians and voters have been braving the heat during the country's mammoth general election. © Reuters
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