Pre-poll investing gathers pace in India

THE great Indian election carnival in the stock market - which happens once in five years during the general election campaign - has begun with investors eagerly picking stocks because there is no better time to make money.

The investors entering the stock market in the run-up to the general election of 2019 should win big, regardless of whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party attains an absolute majority, or it forms a weak coalition government.

Investors are forecast to triumph,…