The Gandhi era ended: the ruling party recognized the defeat in the elections before the announcement of official results

The opposition Indian People’s Party, led by Narendra Modi, won a crushing victory in the elections to the lower house of the Indian parliament (Lock Sabha). According to the results of the vote, the party received 340 seats, reports The Hindustan Times . This is the largest victory over the past 30 years. Indian stock markets instantly reacted to the victory: investors invested more than $ 16 billion in Indian securities, and the shares of Indian companies rushed up.

Even before the announcement of official results, when the victory of the opposition became inevitable, the ruling of the Indian National Congress made a statement. “We are defeating. We are ready to take a place in the opposition,” Rajiv Shula told reporters to reporters.

The current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Modi on the phone on the victory of his party. It is Narendra Modi that will replace Singha as the head of government.

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The tweet “defeated India!”, Which Modi published in hismicroblog , quickly set a record in India and became one of the most popular in the world: he was rebuilt almost 50 thousand times in a day.

The country has not seen such a convincing victory since 1984, when after the murder of Indira Gandhi, her son Rajiv came into politics. Since 1989, the country has been ruled by coalition governments, since no party managed to get a majority of votes.

Thus, the party of Modi put an end to the 10-year rule of the Indian National Congress and the premiere ambitions of the fifth generation of the Neru-Gandy family "Prince" Rahul Gandhi, also known as "empty costume". So he described his high-ranking American diplomat in Delhi back in 2007, when, thanks to his mother, he received the first post in the Indian National Congress, but he could not earn any significant reputation due to complete inaction and inaction.

In recent years, against the backdrop of a slowdown in economic growth, the heyday of corruption and the outflow of capital, the ruling Indian National Congress has gradually lost popularity. And on the contrary, the charismatic leader of the opposition Indian People’s Party Narendra Modi earned many points thanks to the significant economic growth of the state of Gujarat, the main minister of which he became back in 2001.

The Indian People’s Party managed to attract both the sympathy of the lower classes and the favor and financing of large businesses. Modi actively distributed promises of business support, appealed to the national feelings of voters and accused the ruling party of rampant corruption and reduction of GDP.

Due to the fact that Modi does not have the need to enter into a coalition with other forces, he will be able to afford to keep a very compact and effective cabinet of ministers, which, in turn, will allow you to quickly make the necessary decisions.

During the election campaign, the Indian People’s Party gave a lot of populist promises: to create new jobs, curb corruption, attract capital and create favorable conditions for business development. The attack on voters went on all fronts: since the end of September last year, when the party put forward Modi as a candidate in the premiere, the politician flew 300,000 kilometers, meeting with voters, performed at 457 public events and launched an unprecedented campaign on social networks for India.

Against the backdrop of a peppy 63-year-old Modi, 43-year-old Rahul Gandhi, nominated to premieres from his native Indian National Congress, looked even more clumsy. In these elections, his party, which once achieved Indian independence from Great Britain, led by his great -grandfather Javaharlal Nera, showed the worst result in history - 63 places.

However, the oldest party of India does not leave hope for revenge. “Modi promised people the moon and stars, and they bought this dream,” said Rajiv Shula, representative of the Indian National Congress.

Russia is counting on friendship with the new leader of India

Experts believe that Modi’s victory activates Russian-Indian relations. “The problems in relations with the West are forcing Moscow today to go to more and more rapprochement with China. However, India is afraid that this will lead to a change in the strategic balance in Asia, and seeks to prevent such a development of events. Therefore, Delhi will have to work more actively with Moscow,” said Observer Reserver Reserver Presearch Foundan Untnicrishnan. At the same time, Modi has already been in Russia twice as part of the regional cooperation program.

Against the background of the Ukrainian crisis and relations with Asian partners for Russia come to the fore. "The role of these countries in the global economy and politics will increase in the next 20-25 years," the Dean of the Faculty of World Policy of M.V. Lomonosov, former secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Andrei Kokoshin.

Indian elections: the largest election campaign in history

Elections in India were held in nine stages from April 7 to May 12, 2014 and lasted 35 days. As a result, 543 deputies of the Lower House of Parliament of the country were elected. 8,251 candidates fought for chairs in the lower house of parliament, including 668 women and five transgender people . 3,234 people were running without party support as independent candidates. In these elections, citizens could vote for the first time against everyone.

This year, despite the established exhausting heat in the general election in India, a record number of voters voted. The turnout amounted to 66.4% - this is about 551 million people out of 814 million voting. For them, 930 thousand polling stations were opened. Something similar was last observed 30 years ago in the 1984-1985 elections, held after the murder of Indira Gandhi Prime Minister. Then the turnout was 64%.

Obama congratulated Modi on the victory and invited him to the White House, despite his previous ban on entering the United States

US President Barack Obama called on Friday with congratulations to Narendra Modi and invited him to the White House, despite the fact that less than 10 years ago, Indian policy was banned from entering the United States because of Muslims in the state of Gujarat, which he headed, reports Reuters.

Obama expressed hope for strategic cooperation with India and, according to the representative of the US Presidential Administration, "invited Narendra Modi to visit Washington at a mutually suitable time in order to again strengthen our bilateral cooperation."

This visit may take place in September, when Modi arrives at the UN General Assembly in New York and will also be able to visit Washington.

In 2005, the Presidential Administration of George Bush forbade Modi to issue an entry visa in accordance with the US Law of 1998, prohibiting the entry of foreigners who "committed particularly serious violations of freedom of religion."

In 2002, when Modi only became the chief minister of Gujarat, more than 1000 Muslims were killed in the state as a result of clashes on religious grounds. Modi denied any violations of the law by the authorities and in 2010 his innocence was confirmed by the Supreme Court of India.

It should be noted that Narendra Modi is a great friend of one U.S. - Israeli allies. 13 years, during which he held the highest post in the Gudzharat administration, Modi actively tried to attract Israeli investors and maintained friendly relations with the Jewish state. According to International Business Times , he attracted billions of dollars as investment from Israel.

The Israelis participate in various projects in Gujarat, in particular, on industrial development, pharmaceuticals, the construction of water treatment facilities, the construction of solar power plants and many others.

The Israeli media previously reported that, according to Modi advisers, he is ready to become the first Prime Minister of India to visit the Jewish state on an official visit, Newsru Israel reports.