Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party’s emphatic victory in the country’s most populous state is being seen as a wide endorsement of Modi’s policiesIndia’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has won control of the country’s most populous and influential state by an unexpectedly large margin,cementing Narendra Modi’s dominance of Indian politics and putting the prime minister on track for re-election in 2019.
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Source: theguardian.com