Friday, May 16, 2014

Factors that helped BJP's Modi win Indian election...

Indian voters have given the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and their lead candidate, Narendra Modi, a mammoth mandate for running the next government.

Results announced Friday after a five-week election contest gave the BJP a commanding lead for at least 272 of 543 seats in Parliament. It was the first time in three decades that any single party in India has won a clear majority.

Some of the factors that played into the BJP's decisive victory over India's dynastic Congress party:

— ECONOMY: India's once-impressive economic growth, averaging above 8 percent over the last decade, slowed to below 5 percent in the last year while inflation rocketed into double digits. The BJP and Narendra Modi maintained a laser focus on the economy throughout the campaign, hammering the Congress party for stalled development projects while touting Modi's state of Gujarat as a model of success. In fact, Gujarat's growth has been mediocre compared with others of India's 28 states. But Modi's message resonated with an electorate aching for change and upward mobility, and India's corporate leaders backed Modi as the decisive administrator needed to revive industrial growth.

 — CORRUPTION: Indians are incensed over the enduring culture of corruption at every level of government, from bureaucrats who demand bribes for basic services to lawmakers embroiled in huge scandals involving public funds. Anti-graft protests inspired a fierce anti-incumbency wave among voters and even inspired the launch of a new political party. But while some scandals have involved BJP members, Modi and his reputation are unscathed. Voters believe Modi has the political strength to curb any corrupt tendencies within his government. Full story...

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