Modi Strengthens Grip on Power, Pulling India Further to Right
- Join us on WhatsApp for special coverage of India’s election. Sign up here. If anyone had any doubts about Narendra Modi’s popularity, India’s masses just put them to rest. His Bharatiya Janata Party swept to another single-party majority on Thursday, a margin that surprised political watchers who expected him to return with a weakened mandate. A combination of economic populism, Hindu nationalism and air strikes against arch-rival Pakistan earlier this year proved unbeatable. “This is a stunning reaffirmation of Modi and the BJP and, ...
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