India Opposition Struggles to Regroup After Strong Modi Win
- Congress party criticized for state election strategy
- Modi’s ruling party won three of the five state elections
Rahul Gandhi
Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images
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Cracks are beginning to emerge in India’s opposition alliance after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party routed its main rival in recent state elections, putting him in a strong position to stay in power for another five years.
Sunday’s unexpected results gave Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party a clear mandate to govern three out of five states that voted in November. India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, won just one.