Indian prime minister to unveil coalition governmentAFP, NEW DELHIIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday readied to unveil his coalition government after a surprise election setback lost his Hindu-nationalist party an overall majority. Modi’s decade as prime minister has seen him cultivate an image as an aggressive champion of the nation’s majority Hindu faith, worrying minorities, including the country’s 200-million-plus Muslim community. Indian Prime Minister India Narendra Modi, center, stands with the president, vice president and Cabinet ministers after Modi’s inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi on Sunday. Two-thirds of India’s 1.4 billion people draw their livelihood from agriculture, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the nation’s GDP. Two posts were handed to each of the largest coalition members, the Telugu Desam Party, from Andhra Pradesh, and the Janata Dal (United) party of Bihar.

Source: Taipei Times June 10, 2024 20:10 UTC