Narendra Modi Cruises Toward Re-Election in 2024
null By Sadanand DhumeDec. 6, 2023 4:15 pm ETJournal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews Democratic analyst Ruy Teixeira. Images: American Enterprise Institute/Bloomberg News Composite: Mark KellyWith barely six months to go until India’s national elections, Narendra Modi appears to be cruising to a third successive term as prime minister. His Bharatiya Janata Party’s emphatic victories Sunday in three crucial Hindi-speaking heartland states underscore Mr. Modi’s continued hold on voters and seriously set back the Congress Party’s hopes of claiming power after 10 years in opposition.The BJP comfortably retained power in Madhya Pradesh and wrested Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, from Congress. As a consolation prize, Congress defeated a regional party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi, in the southern state of Telangana—home to Hyderabad, India’s fourth most populous city.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8About this articleEast is Eas
Dec. 6, 2023 4:15 pm ET
With barely six months to go until India’s national elections, Narendra Modi appears to be cruising to a third successive term as prime minister. His Bharatiya Janata Party’s emphatic victories Sunday in three crucial Hindi-speaking heartland states underscore Mr. Modi’s continued hold on voters and seriously set back the Congress Party’s hopes of claiming power after 10 years in opposition.
The BJP comfortably retained power in Madhya Pradesh and wrested Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, from Congress. As a consolation prize, Congress defeated a regional party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi, in the southern state of Telangana—home to Hyderabad, India’s fourth most populous city.
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Sadanand Dhume writes a biweekly column on India and South Asia for WSJ.com. He focuses on the region’s politics, economics and foreign policy.
Mr. Dhume is also a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Previously he worked as the New Delhi bureau chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), and as Indonesia correspondent for FEER and The Wall Street Journal Asia.
Mr. Dhume is the author of “My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist,” (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009), which charts the rise of the radical Islamist movement in Indonesia. His next book will look at India’s transformation since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.
Mr. Dhume holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Delhi, a master’s degree in international relations from Princeton University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, and travels frequently to India.
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