Gandhinagar: BJP's PM-designate Narendra Modi is expected to resign as
the Chief Minister of Gujarat on May 21 - a day after he will be
formally elected as the new leader by the party's parliamentary board to
lead the NDA government.
The Supreme Court
has acquitted all six convicts, including three condemned prisoners,
who were involved in the 2002 attack on the Akshardham Temple.
Pulling up the Gujarat
A candidate of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), who died in a road accident during the campaigning, was elected to Andhra Pradesh assembly from Allagadda in
Varanasi is all set to accord a warm welcome to
Narendra Modi today after he led the BJP to a historic victory in the
Lok Sabha polls and won by thumping margins from this temple town.
The
Politics of Possibility has triumphed over the Peddling of Paranoia and
Povertarianism. Destiny has won over Dynasty. Hope has overcome
Despair. And the Man from Vadnagar, Gujarat, hasbecome the newest
Washington: Describing the Narendra Modi-led BJP's electoral
victory as a "breathtaking landslide", eminent American think tanks and
experts have said the win has given him an opportunity to "redefine"
Indian politics. "This is a breathtaking landslide that is a victory not
only for Modi but for the Indian people who have spoken out clearly
against economic mismanagement and policy paralysis," said Ashley Tellis
of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
"Hopefully, Modi's election will open new doors for correcting
the problems in the Indian economy, and if so, that is good news for
US-Indian relations. But Washington still has much work to do before it
can translate what may be welcome news for US business into better
bilateral relations," he noted.
"A single party with an absolute majority gives Modi the
opportunity to re-define Indian politics in a way that the Congress did
for many decades before. And if Modi sticks to his winning formula...he
could remain India's Prime Minister for a long time to come," Tellis
said.
The US business can expect a more stable, friendly environment and will be quick to grow, said Richard Rossow.
The President called Prime Ministerial candidate and Chief Minister of
Gujarat Narendra Modi today to congratulate him on the Bharatiya Janata
Party’s success in India’s historic election. The President noted he
looks forward to working closely with Mr. Modi to fulfill the
extraordinary promise of the U.S.-India
Narendra Modi-led BJP won an absolute majority on its own for the first time in a Lok Sabha election. (IE photo by Javed Raja)
