Key Points
According to most polls, Indias election was a foregone conclusion.. . Prime Minister Narendra Modis right-wing, Hindu-nationalist alliance was expected to secure a supermajority and with it the power to enact radical change unopposed.. ..
To Modis critics and opponents, India was on the fast track to becoming a de-facto one-party state.. ..
In what opposition parties have declared as a victory for pluralism, voters in the worlds largest democracy partially rejected Modis populist vision for a Hindu-first nation, reducing the BJPs share of the vote by 63 seats bringing its total down to 240, far below the 272 required for a parliamentary majority.. . Opposition parties meanwhile won 235 seats, while BJPs coalition partners secured 52seats.. . Tuesdays result is a humbling moment for a leader who declared he was sent by God and whose lead in the polls was lauded by supporters as unassailable.. ..
The arrest in March of the popular Aam Aadmi Party leader, chief minister of Delhi and staunch Modi critic Arvind Kejriwal sparked protests in the capital and prompted claims of a political conspiracy by his party claims the BJP has denied.. . Kejriwals release on interim bail last month galvanized the opposition to put up a tough fight against the BJP, uniting a group of political leaders who were once divided over ideological differences, in what they described as a do or die fight to save the countrys constitution...
It was a domination that threatened to end the possibility of all politics, swallowing up all opponents, and colonizing civil society, he added.. . India now has once again a deeply competitive political system.. . Tuesdays results, said Sanjay Singh of the opposition-allied Aam Aadmi Party, showed the people had voted against hatred and dictatorship.. ..
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