When everything became about Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, his party and its century-old Hindu-nationalist network were propelled to unimagined heights.
On the back of his singular charisma and political skill, a onetime-fringe religious ideology was pulled to the center of Indian life.
Landslide election victories remade India’s politics, once dominated by diverse coalitions representing a nation that had shaped its independence on secular principles.
On Tuesday, Mr. Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P., fell back to earth.
Mr. Modi will remain in office for a third term, but only with the help of a contentious coalition of parties, some of which are opposed to his core beliefs and want power of their own.
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