Indian Elections: BJP’s Modi Demolished Congress Party

(News article direct from the REUTERS on 16 May 2014.)




(Reuters) - Narendra Modi thundered to victory on Friday in India's election, trouncing the ruling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in a seismic political shift that gives the Hindu nationalist and his party a mandate for sweeping economic reform.


Modi's landslide, the most resounding election victory India has seen in 30 years, was welcomed with