Modi, at the moment, is larger than life who many believe can take on inimical neighbours single-handedly, vanquish the corrupt and liberate the country from poverty.
With this victory—which has the look of a tectonic plate shifting—Narendra Modi becomes the first non-Congress PM since Indira Gandhi to return to power for a full five-year term.
Overtaken by a new generation of leaders, stalwarts like LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Sonia Gandhi are increasingly becoming dispensable in the current political climate
Historian Mahesh Rangarajan talks about Modi’s distinctiveness as a leader, the socio-political implications of the BJP’s second term, and the scope and potential of coalition politics.
With the Gandhis losing pocket-borough Amethi for the first time since 1977 and the SP-BSP-RLD belying the expectations they raised, the BJP had a bull run up North
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Analysis: With more than 40 per cent vote share and 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in its pocket in West Bengal, BJP's massive inroads could wreck Trinamool Congress' unity
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Analysis: South of the Vindhyas, the Narendra Modi wave met with divided response. Karnataka may have given BJP a big fillip, but Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh still have a dominant Congress leaning
While development was part of the BJP manifesto in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, Narendra Modi's sparkling image swung votes for BJP even as regional parties and Congress struggled to maintain their identities, writes Dr Sabyasachi Mahanta
The Lok Sabha elections 2019 clearly proved BJP's stunning hold in Narendra Modi and Amit Shah's home turf, Gujarat. Hardik Patel's 'heroics' hardly helped Congress
As the US-China trade war intensifies, Narendra Modi's policy on global relationships will be under test. Increasing polarisation threatens to divide stability and to restore that in South Asia will be Modi's greatest challenge
