The EC's announcement of a seven-phase poll schedule from April 11 to May 19, culminating in the results on May 23, will spur already intense campaigning that has seen the PM criss-cross the country in a spree of inaugurations and foundation stone laying functions that doubled up as election rallies.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indias-mann-ki-baat-on-may-23-ec-announces-7-phase-lok-sabha-elections/articleshow/68349923.cms