No majority: Modi flashing a victory sign at his party’s headquarters on Tuesday. However, the party lost its majority in Parliament and will have to form a coalition government. — AFP
“INDIA cuts Modi down,” blared the headline in my hometown Kolkata’s main newspaper, the Telegraph, after the country’s all-powerful prime minister unexpectedly lost his majority last Tuesday.
The Opposition alliance, cunningly abbreviated INDIA, advanced to within 40 seats of claiming power in New Delhi. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party will need continued support from several restive regional parties in order to govern.
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