Indian PM Modi’s party wins in one state, loses in another

Published December 8, 2022 1:40 am

By ASHOK SHARMA
Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has retained its 27-year control of his home state of Gujarat with a commanding election victory, but lost power in northern Himachal Pradesh state and in the city of New Delhi. Vote counting was continuing Thursday, with full results expected later in the day. Modi was Gujarat’s top elected official for 13 years before becoming prime minister in 2014. A win in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh would have emboldened Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party to pursue its pro-Hindu agenda with greater vigor ahead of national elections due in 2024. Voting took place in Gujarat on Dec. 1 and 5 and in Himachal on Nov. 12.

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