June 6, 2024
Modi appeal clouded in India elections by prices, jobs, graft, survey says
NEW DELHI: A lack of jobs, high inflation and falling incomes in India led voters to rein in support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a general election where his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to win a majority, a survey found. However, Modi’s leadership was a strong pull to give his alliance another term, he said. He was named leader on Wednesday of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which won a majority of seats, the first time his Hindu nationalist BJP has had to rely on regional parties for support to form a government. The NDA won 293 seats


