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Narendra Modi’s Plan Backfired
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi on June 4—the day he declared a fairly hollow victory. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP via Getty Images)
India’s shock election result proves: people don’t care that the economy is booming when they can’t feel the effects.
By Rupa Subramanya
06.06.24 — International
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The result of India’s election has shocked the world. The prime minister of ten years, Narendra Modi, came back to power—but only by the skin of his teeth, after his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), lost its majority.

Less than a week ago, India’s pollsters and the global press were predicting a BJP “landslide.” But despite winning 303 seats in 2…

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Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya is a writer for The Free Press. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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