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According to most polls, India’s election was a foregone conclusion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing, Hindu-nationalist alliance was expected to secure a supermajority – and with it the power to enact radical change unopposed. To Modi’s critics and opponents, India was on the fast track to becoming a de-facto one-party state. Going into this election, Modi had set a goal of winning 400 seats in the lower house of parliament, or Lok Sabha. The BJP’s inability to secure an outright majority “pricks the bubble of Modi’s authority,” wrote political scientist Pratap Bhanu Mehta Tuesday night.
Persons: Narendra Modi’s, Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party wouldn’t, God, , Pratap Bhanu Mehta, , Jawaharlal Nehru, Ritesh Shukla, Arathi Jerath, India’s, Arvind Kejriwal, Critics, , ” Mehta, Sanjay Singh, “ Modi, Neelanjan Sircar Organizations: CNN, Bharatiya Janata Party, , BJP, Aadmi Party, , National Democratic Alliance, Center for Policy Research Locations: India, Lok Sabha, , Ayodhya, New Delhi, Delhi
India Counts Down to Opening of Grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya
  + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
"The construction of the Ram Temple is an instrument to unite the country," Modi said in a message published on newspaper front pages ahead of a spectacle that will be watched by millions of Indians at home and abroad. India's Hindus say the site is the birthplace of Lord Ram, and was holy to them long before Muslim Mughals razed a temple at the spot to build the Babri Masjid, or mosque, in 1528. Nearly 8,000 people are expected to attend the invitation-only ceremony, from top business leaders to movie stars and sportspersons. More than 10,000 police personnel have fanned out across the city of 3 million people to provide security and keep out gatecrashers. The temple opens to the public on Tuesday and its management expects at least 100,000 visitors a day for the first few months.
Persons: Saurabh Sharma, Rajesh AYODHYA, Lord Ram, Narenda, Modi, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, YP Rajesh, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Supreme Court, Indian Express, YP Locations: India, Ayodhya, Ram
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