India, the worlds largest democracy has swung to the right, and decisively so. What was predicted as a surge of saffron - the colour favoured by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Narendra Modi - has turned out to be a veritable tsunami in favour of the Hindu nationalist party and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition it leads. Indias incoming prime minister, who has been chief minister of the industrially-prosperous state of Gujarat since 2001, has raised aspirations which will be rather tough to fulfil. His biggest challenges will be to revive the economy, curb food inflation and create jobs for the countrys youth. bbc/news/world-asia-india-27435651?OCID=fbbbcindia
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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