Millions vote in Indian election with Narendra Modi chasing third term

Voters queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote in the sixth round of polling in India’s national election in New Delhi (Altaf Qadri/AP)

Millions of Indians were voting on Saturday in the next-to-last round of a gruelling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third term.

Many people lined polling stations before the start of voting at 7am to avoid the blazing sun later in the day at the peak of Indian summer.