The popular but polarizing leader, 73, is the second Indian prime minister, after Jawaharlal Nehru, to return to power for a third five-year term.
Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday for a rare third consecutive term as Prime Minister of India, leaning on its coalition partners after your party did not obtain a parliamentary majority in a surprising result.
Modi and his cabinet ministers took oath before President Droupadi Murmu at the Indian presidential palace of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
The popular but polarizing leader, 73, is the second Indian prime minister, after Jawaharlal Nehru, to retain power to a third five-year term.
His Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which won by landslides in 2014 and 2019, failed to secure the majority needed to govern independently in the last national election. However, Modi’s National Democratic Alliance coalition won enough seats to form a government with him in front.
It is the first time that Modi’s BJP needs the support of its regional allies to form a government, after a decade commanding the majority in Parliament.
The final results of the elections, published on Wednesday, show that Modi’s BJP won 240 seats, well below the 272 needed for most. Together, the NDA coalition parties won 293 seats in the 543-member Lower House of Parliament.
Modi’s coalition government now relies heavily on two key regional allies – the Telugu Desam Party in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and the Janata Dal (United) in the eastern state of Bihar – to stay in power.
Meanwhile, Modi’s political rival, the INDIAN allianceled by the resurgent Congress Party, put up a stronger battle than expected, doubling your strength compared to the last elections and obtaining 232 seats.
The Prime Minister, an avowed Hindu nationalist, is considered a defender of the country’s Hindu majority, which makes up 80% of India’s 1.4 billion people. His supporters credit him with rapid economic growth and India’s improved global standing since he came to power.
But its detractors claim that it also hhas undermined Indian democracy and its status as a secular nation, with attacks by Hindu nationalists against the country’s minorities, especially Muslims, and a reduction of space for dissent and freedom of the press. His political opponents have questioned the economic record of his government, pointing out the high unemployment rate and growing inequality despite strong growth.
