The party was also set to surpass its best result in Gujarat by winning 127 seats in 2002. Modi is widely popular in the country, partly because of economic growth and because of his strong support base among India’s Hindu majority population, despite critics pointing to rising inflation, unemployment and growing religious polarization. He is […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which was formed only a decade ago and has claimed power in Delhi and the state of Punjab, is set to become one of the main opposition parties in Gujarat at the expense of the Congress. In Surat, the state’s second largest city and center of diamond cutting and polishing, […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina that New Delhi would always stand by Dhaka and its relationship with Bangladesh was the most important in the South Asian region. “Modi expressed interest in working with all South Asian countries to strengthen cooperation and ensure development in the region. Hasina also assured […]