NEW DELHI: Campaigning in India's bitterly fought general election was set to end Saturday ahead of next week's final voting with the Hindu nationalist opposition already scenting victory.

"We'll get a clear majority," Amit Shah, a close aide to charismatic but divisive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, tipped to be India's next prime minister, said late Friday.

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