Congress committing dacoity on rights of OBCs, SCs, STs: PM
“Wherever it (Congress) can do it, it will try to loot the claims of the SCs, STs and OBCs and give them to others,” said Modi.
With BJP-led NDA headed for a landslide victory, the Lok Sabha elections 2019 are making news worldwide. While several world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others, have congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is returning for a second term, foreign media publications are also reporting on the Indian election results 2019 in a big way.
Here is a look at how foreign media are reporting the Indian election results.
India election results: Modi wins in landslide victory | Washington Post
“The result represents a stunning mandate for Modi, a charismatic and polarizing politician who towers over his rivals. No Indian prime minister has returned to power with a similarly large mandate in nearly five decades.” READ
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India Election Results: Narendra Modi Declares Victory | New York Times
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of the most powerful and divisive leaders India has produced in decades, appeared easily headed for another five-year term, according to election returns so far.” READ
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India elections 2019 results: Saffron wash – massive lead for BJP, blow to Congress | Gulf News
“One of the most interesting facts about these elections in West Bengal is the way the vote in the tribal belt has consolidated against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). With BJP set to do well in seats such as Purulia and Jhargram, the saffron brigade has been able to make very steady inroads into a state that has traditionally been averse to any rightist agenda.” READ
Narendra Modi: The making of a majoritarian leader
“For the first time after Modi demonstrated his national and international political ambitions, there is nothing dichotomous about his launching pad. His heart and head are finally completely in sync with one another.” READ
India election results 2019: Narendra Modi takes landslide win | BBC News
“Narendra Modi made this an election all about himself.
He should have faced some anti-incumbent feeling. Joblessness has risen to a record high, farm incomes have plummeted and industrial production has slumped.
Many Indians were hit hard by the currency ban (also known as demonetisation), which was designed to flush out undeclared wealth, and there were complaints about what critics said was a poorly-designed and complicated uniform sales tax.
The results prove that people are not yet blaming Mr Modi for this.” READ
Modi wins Indian election in landslide | The Daily Star
“Members of his party now want him to take a harder line on national security, as well as build a controversial temple on the site of a mosque that was demolished by a Hindu mob in Ayodhya in 1992.” READ
India elections: Modi’s party heading for landslide win as counting continues | The Straits Times
“Mr Modi, the 68-year-old leader of the BJP, dominated the elections, in which issues receded to the foreground during the last phases of campaigning and personalities of the main candidates took over.” READ
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