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Here’s Why This Party’s Loss in India is a Global Lesson

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to make a triumphant return to power in an apparent landslide victory that saw the anti-corruption party win 62 out of 70 seats in Delhi’s Legislative Assembly (India). With this win, the party defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) whose divisive campaign excluding Muslims, seems […]

Mojisola Salaudeen

India Elections: Rahul Gandhi Resigns as Congress Party President

The President of the Indian National Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi, has resigned. This follows the party’s landslide defeat in the national elections held in May, which saw the return to power of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In the resignation letter shared on his Twitter account, Gandhi wrote: “As President […]

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India elections 2019: All the latest updates

Coalition led by the Hindu nationalist BJP set to win nearly 340 of 542 seats as the opposition stands decimated. Counting of votes is underway in India after its marathon seven-phase general elections concluded on May 19, with early leads indicating the return of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term. Modi is the first non-Congress prime […]