NEW DELHI, June 9, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi isset to be sworn in Sunday for a third term after worse than expected electionresults left him reliant on coalition partners to govern. Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled outright for thepast decade but failed to repeat its previous two landslide wins this timearound, defying analysts' expectations and exit polls. A meeting of the Congress leadership on Saturday voted unanimously torecommend Gandhi's election as India's official opposition leader, a postthat had been left vacant since 2014. Parliamentary regulations require the opposition leader to come from a partythat commands at least 10 percent of the lawmakers in the 543-seat lowerhouse. The post has been vacant for 10 years because two dismal election results forCongress -- once India's dominant party -- left it short of that threshold.
