First reaction of PM Narendra Modi: "Historical feat..."
I also want to thank all of our Karyakartas for their dedication. "Excellent efforts made by them are beyond words," he continued. Exit polls predicted a landslide victory for the saffron party, but an ongoing vote count indicated that the bharatiya janata party was unlikely to win a majority on its own. Modi is still anticipated to win the biggest democratic election in history and be re-elected for a third five-year term. The 73-year-old leader will suffer a severe hit if that trend continues because he has never had to rely on his coalition allies to rule.It would take the entire day to count the more than 640 million votes cast over the course of six weeks, however, preliminary results could differ. During his ten years in office, narendra modi has changed the political climate in india and popularized Hindu nationalism. Supporters of Modi view him as a strong, self-made leader who has raised India's profile internationally. His detractors and opponents claim that his politics of prioritizing hinduism have fostered intolerance and that the fifth-largest and fastest-growing economy in the world has grown increasingly unequal.