By Isaac Chotiner
On Thursday, Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) handily won another five-year term
from voters across India, cementing Modi’s control of the country and
making clear his formidable popularity. Not only did the
Hindu-nationalist B.J.P. show surprising strength in parts of the
country where it has historically been weaker but the crushing defeat of
the Congress Party means that there is no real alternative to Modi’s
rule. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi—the son, grandson, and great-grandson
of Prime Ministers and the current face of the Nehru family
dynasty—even lost his seat in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Modi will now
have five more years to pursue his agenda, with even less opposition.
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