India wins yet again!," PM Modi tweeted as the outcome of the world's biggest election became clear. I dream of us as a global superpower in my lifetime," tweeted India's richest banker, Uday Kotak, as he congratulated the PM. The campaign, estimated to have cost more than $7 billion, was awash with insults -- Mr Modi was likened to Hitler and a "gutter insect" -- as well as fake news in Facebook and WhatsApp's biggest markets. Mr Gandhi, 48, tried several lines of attack against Mr Modi, in particular over alleged corruption in a French defence deal and over the desperate plight of farmers and the lacklustre economy. Under Mr Modi, several cities with names rooted in India's Islamic Mughal past have been re-named, while some school textbooks have been changed to downplay Muslims' contributions to India.

Source: Daily Nation May 23, 2019 12:45 UTC