Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party won a landslide victory in India's most important battleground state on Saturday, in a personal triumph that will strengthen his claim to a second term as national leader. The Election Commission of India said Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won a clear majority. This is a historic victory for the BJP; a victory for development and good governance," Modi told his 28 million followers on Twitter. Modi's campaign manager, Amit Shah, credited the BJP victory to a corruption free and pro-poor administration. Opponents decimatedIn four other state election results on Saturday, the BJP won overwhelmingly in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand but lost control of the coastal state of Goa.

Source: The Star March 11, 2017 13:30 UTC