Narendra Modi And BJP Sweep To Power In Indian Election -- The Guardian
Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party appears to have exceeded all expectations, coming close to outright majority
The controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi has won a historic landslide election victory in India, the world's largest democracy.
With most of the 550m-plus votes counted, Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) appeared to have far exceeded all predictions and had close to an outright majority of the 543 elected seats in India's lower house. With its allies' seats included, the BJP appeared set to hold more than 330.
The Congress party, which has been in power since 2004, appeared to be heading for its lowest ever tally, winning only 42 seats by mid-afternoon.
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2 comments:
For the last five years I've been thinking India is the real wild card on the international scene, especially if they started to rise to their potential, but this has really shuffled the deck.
Narendra Modi is a game changer .... but the U.S. does not have a good history with him. Because of his support for Hindu nationalism (even the more radical elements) he was placed on a blacklist by the Bush administration. He was also denied a visa to enter the United States as well as being shunned by U.S. officials for almost a decade.
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