In a shock result, #India Prime Minister #Modi will likely have to seek a coalition government as projections indicate they will likely to fall short of the votes needed for a majority.
This could have significant policy implications in a country which has recently not been our favorite and a regime which has been secretly trying to assassinate dissidents of their regime within the US and other allies’ territory.
@JasonPerseus Hopefully this means tempering Modi's more authoritarian and nationalist streaks. But you never know - he will still govern with his broader alliance, and who knows whether the smaller parties in that alliance are more moderate or more extremist:
"Modi will have to look to smaller allies in the wider BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, or NDA, which is set to get a combined 294 parliamentary seats"
Most analysts expected #Modi to brush aside #India’s enervated & poorly funded opposition parties, some of which had their #bank accounts frozen & their leaders #jailed by the govt in the run-up to the #election.
Yet the mood shifted dramatically as early vote counts trickled in Tues morning & indicated that the #BJP might not single-handedly secure the 272 seats needed in the 543-member #LokSabha lower house, as it comfortably did in 2014 & 2019.
@Nonilex A little bit of hope in there anyway. His populist push towards driving division and conflict, and authoritarian leaning has been disturbing. Would be great to see the populace reject that.
Don't have a good sense of what the alternatives offered are.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was dealt a surprising setback as the country counts its ballots. While Modi is on track to win a rare third term, his majority in parliament has shrunk as the opposition outperformed expectations.
@ncoca Have been wondering about that, too. Anything seems possible right now 🤔 That the BJP won't have one by themselves is already bad enough from their perspective.
Despite Narendra Modi arm-twisting State institutions to harass opposition, corporate backing and all-out media support, people saw through BJP's propaganda and have voted for the opposition parties. Feeling hopeful! #India#electionresults
I guess the #Philippines has the same clueless leftists as #India, who think everything is a US-led conspiracy, and believe #Russia is the same entity as the #SovietUnion, not a fascist dictatorship supporting far-right movements around the world.