Decoding Modi 3.0

What does the 2024 Lok Sabha election result mean for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term?

- Kishore Desai

ELECTIONS in India are never a dull affair. Fearmongering from all sides, accusations of frauds, unthinkable alliances for political gains, spreading misinformation, promising the world to the electorate without really explaining how those promises would be kept; parties pretty much throw the bus at any chance of a win. But in the end, at least since the last decade now, electorates have typically given a decisive mandate in favour of a government formed by one party, be it at the Centre or at the states. The hullabaloo of elections transitions into a relatively smooth takeover by the elected majority government, with one party settled for the next five years without the risk of premature elections looming. The 2024 Lok Sabha election results seem to have beaten this trend and how! The era of coalition is back.