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Election Results Shake Modi’s Hold on India

On this week’s Big Take Asia podcast: Amid the BJP’s surprising majority loss, Narendra Modi is forced to turn to allies to maintain his position in India.

Supporters of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate outside the headquarters during election results night in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. More than 20 opposition parties, spearheaded by Rahul Gandhi, formed a united front in a bid to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi's once-dominant electoral machine.Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg

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By Yang Yang, Naomi Ng, Jessica Beck, and Adriana Tapia Zafra

June 4, 2024 at 11:01 PM UTC

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Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party lost its majority in India’s parliament. The stunning blow is forcing Modi to rely on allies to form a government for the first time since he stormed to power a decade ago.

On today’s episode of The Big Take Asia, host K. Oanh Ha digs into India’s 2024 general election results with Bloomberg reporter Sudhi Ranjan Sen on the ground in New Delhi. And Milan Vaishnav, senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, delves into what the results mean for both India and the world.