This comes after an unexpectedly close election.
Indian PM Narendra Modi at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters after the results of the general elections in New Delhi, on June 4.
That grouping – the National Democratic Alliance – announced late on June 5 that they had agreed to form a government. “Consensus building will have to be the bedrock of governance,” it added, noting the right-wing BJP will have to “recalibrate its expansion plans”.While Mr Modi faces a more complicated political environment at home, he won the plaudits of leaders around the world.on his coalition’s victory, and the State Department said the United States hoped to work with the Hindu nationalist leader on a “free and open” Asia.
“Our third term will be one of big decisions and the country will write a new chapter of development,” Mr Modi told a crowd of cheering supporters in the capital New Delhi after his win. “This is Modi’s guarantee.”Commentators and exit polls had projected an overwhelming victory for Mr Modi, who critics have accused of leading the jailing of opposition figures and trampling on the rights of India’s 200-million-plus Muslim community.
“Today’s masters are not as strong as they were,” Dr Christophe Jaffrelot, a professor at King’s College London, wrote in The Hindu daily on Thursday.Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge said the result was a vote against Mr Modi “and the substance and style of his politics”.
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