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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Arpan Rai

Modi’s Hindu nationalist coalition projected to win key state election

Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition is predicted to win the Bihar election, retaining power in India’s third most-populous state.

Most exit polls released after voting ended on Tuesday showed the National Democratic Alliance led by Mr Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP party winning a comfortable majority in the state legislature, beating a grand opposition alliance led by the Congress party of Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.

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