India election strips Narendra Modi of his ‘aura of invincibility’
The shock result will leave the leader in a weakened position from which to tackle enormous economic challenges and to undertake the difficult reforms needed to help the world’s most populous country.
Benjamin Parkin, John Reed, Jyotsna Singh and Chris Kay
New Delhi/Mumbai | As votes from India’s six-week long general election were counted on Tuesday, it was quickly clear that Narendra Modi was on course for his third term as prime minister. That is where his satisfaction will end.
The early results also showed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party set to lose its majority for the first time since 2014 – a stunning blow to the authority of India’s strongest leader in decades and one that would leave him dependent on junior partners in his National Democratic Alliance to govern.
