Ban viewing Indian elections with "great" interest

April 08, 2014 00:13

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is viewing India's general elections that began today with "great interest" and hopes that the polls, considered one of the largest democratic exercises in the world, are conducted peacefully and successfully.

"The Secretary General is viewing the (Indian) elections with great interest. Of course, this is regularly one of the largest election exercises in the entire world. We hope it will go through peacefully and successfully," Ban's spokesperson Farhan Haq told PTI when asked about the elections in the world's largest democracy.

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