The 2024 general election in India, spanning six weeks from April 19 to June 1, is poised to be the largest in history. Promising a continuation of his firebrand Hindu nationalism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term in office, while opposition parties try, seemingly in vain, to warn of the existential threat that Hindutva rule has on the democratic and secular character of the country. Unlike the previous high-turnout elections of 2014 and 2019, where Modi was first the anti-establishment challenger and then able to rouse anti-Pakistan sentiment after the 2019 Pulwama …