Modi wins landslide victory, vows ‘inclusive’ future for India

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McLEOD GANJ, India, 23 May 2019 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a landslide victory in the world's largest election, in which 600 million people participated.

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