{"id":11110,"date":"2017-03-11T00:49:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/india-state-election-results-present-test-for-modi\/"},"modified":"2017-03-11T00:49:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:49:17","slug":"india-state-election-results-present-test-for-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/india-state-election-results-present-test-for-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"India state election results present test for Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supporters of India&#039;s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wait to catch a glimpse of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP Leader during a roadshow in support of state assembly election party candidates in Varanasi\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/17F08\/production\/_95065089_gettyimages-647765058.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  AFP<figcaption>Image caption                                      The vote is being seen as a referendum on Narendra Modi                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">India will announce results of five state elections on Saturday, which many are seeing as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>The main focus will be on Uttar Pradesh, the country&#039;s most populous and politically significant state.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Modi&#039;s BJP ran a strong campaign there against two powerful regional parties - the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj party (BSP)<\/p>\n<p>Exit polls say the BJP will win, but these have been proven wrong before.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Modi has been central to his party&#039;s election strategy, and aggressively campaigned on a promise to bring growth and modernisation, and to root out corruption. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indian election no-one can afford to lose<\/li>\n<li>Will rupee ban decide a crucial election?<\/li>\n<li>Why the bicycle could decide an election<\/li>\n<li>The baby born in a bank queue in India&#039;s cash crisis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are strong promises in an impoverished state where caste, family and religious affiliations are deeply entrenched. <\/p>\n<p>But his bold nationalism and pro-Hindu politics do not appeal to everyone, and his controversial policy to ban high-value notes in a bid to curb corruption caused particular hardship here.<\/p>\n<p>The current chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, told BBC Hindi on Thursday that &quot;secular forces&quot; needed to unite to keep out the BJP - a comment widely being seen as an overture to his bitter rival, Dalit icon and four-time chief minister Mayawati. <\/p>\n<p>Many analysts say that she could well be the surprise factor this election. <\/p>\n<p>Apart from Uttar Pradesh, results will be declared in the northern states of Punjab and Uttarakhand, the western state of Goa and the north eastern state of Manipur. <\/p>\n<p><a rel='nofollow' href=http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-india-39228615 target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright AFPImage caption The vote is being seen as a referendum on Narendra Modi India will announce results of five state elections on Saturday, which many are seeing as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}