{"id":11335,"date":"2017-03-11T13:02:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T13:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/india-elections-decisive-victory-for-modis-bjp-in-uttar-pradesh\/"},"modified":"2017-03-11T13:02:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T13:02:49","slug":"india-elections-decisive-victory-for-modis-bjp-in-uttar-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/india-elections-decisive-victory-for-modis-bjp-in-uttar-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"India elections: Decisive victory for Modi&#8217;s BJP in Uttar Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The vote is being seen as a referendum on Narendra Modi\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/22C5\/production\/_95110980_gettyimages-647745140.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      The prime minister personally led his party&#039;s campaign in the politically critical state                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Narendra Modi&#039;s party has won a landslide victory in one of India&#039;s key states, a boost for the prime minister halfway through his first term.<\/p>\n<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took control of northern Uttar Pradesh state - India&#039;s most populous - with the biggest majority there since 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Modi personally led the campaign against regional rivals the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj party.<\/p>\n<p>Trends suggest the BJP is also set to win the northern state of Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n<p>The Election Commission of India said the Hindu nationalist BJP had won a clear majority in Uttar Pradesh, with nearly four in 10 voters backing the party.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I give my heartfelt thanks to the people of Uttar Pradesh. This is a historic victory for the BJP; a victory for development and good governance,&quot; Mr Modi wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The result will strengthen the BJP in the upper house of India&#039;s parliament, where its reform efforts have been hampered by the lack of a majority.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How Modi destroyed his rivals in Uttar Pradesh<\/li>\n<li>The Indian election no-one can afford to lose<\/li>\n<li>The baby born in a bank queue in India&#039;s cash crisis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Modi has been central to his party&#039;s election strategy. He campaigned aggressively on a promise to bring growth and modernisation, and to root out corruption. <\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AP<figcaption>Image caption                                      Mr Modi&#039;s supporters have been celebrating his victory in the Uttar Pradesh state capital Lucknow                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These were strong promises in an impoverished state like Uttar Pradesh where caste, family and religious affiliations are deeply entrenched. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Modi also strongly backed his move to ban high-value notes - amounting to 86% of India&#039;s currency - last year as a measure to tackle corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The incumbent chief minister, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, opposed the currency move, and told the electorate that Mr Modi had &quot;taken money out of people&#039;s pockets&quot;, and hurt businesses.<\/p>\n<p>He also told people that he was the best person to bring development. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;My track record in the past five years shows that I have a vision for the state,&quot; he said at a rally recently.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say Mr Yadav&#039;s decision to form an alliance with the Congress party, and his direct attack on Mr Modi&#039;s policies probably hurt his prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Congress, the main opposition party, remains in the lead in Punjab and Manipur states.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP&#039;s resounding win in Uttar Pradesh has proven that Mr Modi&#039;s ability to connect with the voter has not diminished.<\/p>\n<p>The party did not declare a chief ministerial candidate, and relied heavily on Mr Modi. The opposition called him &quot;an outsider from Gujarat state&quot;, and criticised the BJP for not having a local leader, but this has clearly not affected sentiment on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister was able to successfully project himself as the &quot;adopted son of Uttar Pradesh&quot;. He is an elected MP from the state.<\/p>\n<p>The victory in Uttar Pradesh, as well as the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand will further boost his stature in national politics.<\/p>\n<p>But there will be challenges ahead. People have put faith in Mr Modi&#039;s leadership, but he is not going to rule the state.<\/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 Getty ImagesImage caption The prime minister personally led his party&#039;s campaign in the politically critical state Narendra Modi&#039;s party has won a landslide victory in one of India&#039;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11335","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\/11335","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=11335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}