India’s governing party — which detractors say stokes religious divisions but supporters praise for economic development — handily won two state elections, according to results released on Monday.
It seems that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party continue to be a formidable political force.
Despite aggressive campaigning by the opposition and talk about rising discontent over India’s economy, unemployment and poor public services, the governing party held control of the State Assembly of Gujarat, one of India’s most industrialized states, and it captured the assembly of Himachal Pradesh, a small state tucked in the Himalayas.
Mr. Modi was a celebrated chief minister in Gujarat’s state government for 13 years before rising to prime minister of the country in 2014. Over the past several weeks, he has crisscrossed the state, holding huge rallies that have turned dusty fields into seas of saffron flags and scarves — saffron is his party’s signature color — and even traveling by seaplane.
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