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FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures, at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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Modi's Kingmakers: A look at his new coalition government

The BJP won 240 seats in this year's poll, 32 short of a majority in the 543-member lower house - its worst showing in a decade

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrates after his election win on 4 June 4, 2024. Photo: AFP
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India's president appoints Modi as PM-designate: Oath on Sunday evening

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar. Photo: Hindustan Times
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Sharad Pawar back where he belongs, on Maharashtra’s centrestage

BJP members rallying in West Bengal. Photo: Collected
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BJP plans strategic reforms ahead of 2026 assembly elections as part of its southern overhaul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP candidate from Mandi constituency Kangana Ranaut during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in Mandi. Photo: (PTI)/Hindustan Times
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Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut wins in Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh

Mamata Banerjee (L) and Narendra Modi. Photo: Collected
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India election: How Trinamool Congress went back to drawing board, fended off formidable BJP

Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party leader Rahul Gandhi show victory signs while posing for a picture after the Lok Sabha election trends and results, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: ANI
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Congress comeback, SP resurgence and other big outcomes of election 2024

Mamata Banerjee (L) and Narendra Modi. Photo: Collected
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BJP ahead of Trinamool in West Bengal, predict exit polls

Prajwal Revanna, a leader of Janata Dal (Secular) party, attends a meeting to form an alliance with India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in Bengaluru, India, March 29, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
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Lawmaker allied with Modi's BJP to return to India to face sexual harassment claims

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is gifted a statue of Lord Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god, during an election campaign rally, in New Delhi, India, May 18, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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As Modi faces resistance, fatigue in India election, parent group steps in

People gather as Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attends a roadshow after India's Supreme Court gave temporary bail to the Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor last week in a liquor policy case, in New Delhi, India, 15 May 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
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Modi imitating 'detractors of democracy' in neighboring countries: Kejriwal

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BJP invites AL to observe nat'l polls situation in India

Saddam Husen voting in Bengalaru, April 26, 2024. Photo: Reuters
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'BJP divided the country and people in the name of religion,' says an Indian Muslim voter