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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Yashraj Sharma

How Modi won back India’s big economic prize five months after losing it

Bharatiya Janata Party supporters shower confetti and flower petals as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, arrives to address them at the party headquarters after winning the state elections in the politically significant Indian state of Maharashtra, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, November 23, 2024 [AP Photo]

New Delhi, India – An alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept elections to India’s second-largest state, Maharashtra, on Saturday, dramatically regaining ground it had lost just five months ago in a parliamentary election setback.

Maharashtra, with its capital Mumbai, is India’s wealthiest state – its gross domestic product of $510bn is larger than that of any other state and is also bigger than that of major global economies like Norway and South Africa.

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