India's divisive Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have won a resounding election victory, early results show. Follow live updates:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah celebrate the BJP's election win.In his victory speech at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Narendra Modi said his win is a"guarantee of a bright future for the common people of this country."The largest number of votes have been cast in this election. This in itself is because of the awareness of the people of the country, the democracy and the secularism of the country.This election is being fought by the people.
"This is not Modi’s victory, this is the victory of the hopes and dreams of the struggling people of the country.This is a win for the farmers of this country who work hard to fill the stomachs of the people of the country. This new narrative means that in this country that there will be only two castes and the country will be built only on those two castes.. Those two are the poor and the ones who contribute to the uplift the poor.""Governments are made with a majority and the public has made it too, but the spirit of a democracy, the spirit of the constitution gives us the responsibility that even if the government is built with a majority, the country runs with everyone together.
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