(Anupam Nath/AP)Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party won a landslide victory in the world’s largest election as voters endorsed his vision of a muscular, assertive and stridently Hindu India. No Indian prime minister has returned to power with such a large mandate in nearly five decades. “Together we will build a strong and inclusive India,” wrote Modi on Twitter on Thursday afternoon. Several world leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated Modi on his victory. Two months before voting began, a suicide bomber killed 40 security Indian security forces in the disputed region of Kashmir.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2019 02:32 UTC