Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a third consecutive term in India's parliamentary elections but failed to win a supermajority. The BJP did not achieve the required 272 seats to form a majority government independently, leading Modi to form a coalition to stay in power. This setback is attributed to Modi's mishandling of caste issues during the campaign, which sought to unite various tiers of Hinduism's caste system. The election results present an opportunity for opposition forces to challenge Modi's authoritarian project.
In #India, the world’s largest democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a third consecutive term, but he returns with a diminished majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to win the required 272 seats to form a majority government on its own, resulting in a… https://t.co/SY9jiNndOB
Narendra Modi’s mishandling of caste cost him seats in India’s general election. The prime minister has already sought to repair the damage, but his party will need to do much more in the years ahead https://t.co/h9q9U07lvJ 👇
India’s parliamentary elections have dealt a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. https://t.co/zM2XlDk7QT
Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party ran a campaign in the general election that sought to unite every tier of Hinduism’s centuries-old caste system. But India’s prime minister was ultimately wrong-footed https://t.co/p4aAVFX7Cy 👇
Narendra Modi boasted that his party would win a supermajority in India’s parliament, but he came up short and had to form a coalition to stay in power. Modi’s surprising setback creates an opportunity to push back against his authoritarian project. https://t.co/5zV4PIyewU