A new beginning in India

An unprecedented 540 million, or 66.38 percent, of the country’s 814 million eligible voters booted out the discredited Indian National Congress (INC) party by giving the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a landslide mandate.

Indian leader Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

(photo credit: REUTERS)

BySAROSH BANA

MAY 18, 2014 23:40