What makes India's Narendra Modi an election winner

The numbers are not in but in and out of New Delhi, the verdict is out. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is most likely to return for third consecutive term. Here's why.

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Divided Opposition: Leading opposition parties have now united under the I.N.D.I.A. moniker, but they do not share a basic platform.

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Get over Gandhi's, dear congress: Gandhi seems to be getting further removed from the issues that are important to the heartland and adopting a superficial attitude toward them.

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