Narendra Modi’s BJP has won the Indian election. Nearly 900m people were eligible to vote. The biggest democratic exercise in the world took 40 days to complete https://econ.st/2YFBZRE | The Economist

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Hindu nationalism is a key election theme in India, especially after Narendra Modi's consecration of a temple in Uttar Pradesh more than three decades after Hindus destroyed a 16th-century mosque that had stood there https://reut.rs/446tv8S | Reuters