The triumphant BJP is expected to achieve a majority in both houses in the next two years, paving the way for an overhaul of the laws, in consonance with the party’s Hindus-first ideology
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, and the National Democratic Alliance it leads, were set to return to power for another five-year term as results for the largest democratic election on the planet began pouring in on Thursday.
“Modi was contesting every single election, not the BJP candidates,” Kumar Ketkar, journalist-turned-parliamentarian said. Though the opposition’s political narrative revolved around defeating Modi and his party, it not only appeared fragmented but also failed to weave a clear and strong message on why that needed to be done.
An official of the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that the country’s 15th prime minister will take charge Monday. Few prime ministers, including India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Congress’s Manmohan Singh -- whom Modi dislodged in 2014 -- have won a second consecutive term.
At 5pm, the BJP led in 293 seats of the 543 constituencies that make up India’s lower house of Parliament, or the Lok Sabha. The Congress -- India’s oldest and, until five years ago, largest party -- marginally improved its tally from 44 to 55 but remained a pale shadow of its past self. Not that the BJP seemed to need allies for a majority, but together with others in the National Democratic Alliance , it was leading in 340 seats.
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