Saffron surge in India: Modi next PM

This is the first time in over two decades that a political party in India will get a simple majority in India’s upper House on its own, ensuring a stable and strong national government in the country for the next five years. The decisive majority for the BJP means that the party, unlike the last UPA regime, will not be hostage to blackmail and tantrums by the coalition partners. The blockbuster victory of the BJP has ended the 10-year-old rule of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which was marred by pervasive corruption, misgovernance and the fizzling out of the India Story.

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