The results appear to mark a rare setback for a politician who has never failed to secure a majority in state or national elections over a 23-year political career.
    • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      This is the effect of having an authoritarian in charge. The propaganda that gets produced is done to convey a sense of power of the person/party, its popularity, and the scale of the internal and external “enemy threat.”

      I think a lot of people have their fingers crossed on this one.

    • Clot@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      People here in rural areas are very smart, they understood how modi is weakening our democracy. Only god knows when educated elite class will get brain.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    9 months ago

    Dude’s entire appeal boiled down to Islamophobia. Now that the economy is stalling out and they’re caught between cheap Russian gas and angry US diplomats on the world stage, the only card he has left to play is “Let’s see how pissed off I can make 15% of my native population and all of my neighbors”.

    For anyone who isn’t a die-hard Hinduvista, this fails to deliver much appeal.