Analysts said Modi's reliance on coalition partners means he faces the prospect of a far tougher-than-expected third term.
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was preparing Thursday to be sworn in for a third term after an unexpectedly close election that forced his party into a coalition government.
That 15-member grouping - the National Democratic Alliance coalition - announced late Wednesday that they had agreed to form a government. "It will force Modi to take the point of view of others - we shall see more democracy and a healthy parliament," said Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, who has written a biography of Modi.'NEW CHAPTER OF DEVELOPMENT'
"The friendship between our nations is only growing as we unlock a shared future of unlimited potential," Biden wrote on X, the former Twitter."Together we will continue strengthening the strategic partnership that unites India and France," Macron wrote on X.Russia and Japan also applauded the win, as did Britain's Rishi Sunak, his country's first Hindu prime minister, and European Union chief Charles Michel.
But the BJP secured 240 seats in parliament, well down from the 303 it won five years ago and 32 seats short of a majority on its own.
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