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BJP's thunder of majority

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at supporters as he, along with BJP President Amit Shah, arrives at the party headquarters to celebrate the party's victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, in New Delhi on Thursday, May 23, 2019.

5 years ago, Modi had cast himself as 'The Challenger' against a tired and discredited UPA II regime and secured 282 seats for BJP

By Manini Chatterjee

India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes the victory sign as he arrives at the BJP headquarters to celebrate the party's victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, in New Delhi on Thursday, May 23, 2019.

Cong of Thrones without a story

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Rahul Gandhi vows to fight for ideology

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BJP polls more than Congress plus AAP

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College students at a poll-awareness programme in Jammu in March.

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The Seasteading Institute promotes the creation of “floating ocean cities” as a “revolutionary solution” to some of the world’s most pressing problems such as rising sea levels, overpopulation and poor governance by “reimagining civilization”

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Election officials check VVPAT, EVMs and other polling materials before leaving for polling centres ahead of the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls, in Prayagraj, Saturday, May 11, 2019.

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Closer look
Pawar said the opposition parties expected the BJP to do well in certain states, but did not expect
BJP workers celebrate the party's Lok Sabha election performance in Varanasi on May 23.
Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje
States
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik
Former Prime Minister and JD(S) chief H.D. Deve Gowda with his son and Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (left) offer prayers in Tiruchanoor on Saturday
Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb
Sarbananda Sonowal
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar
Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje
Pawan Chamling
Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
BJP president Amit Shah arrives at the BJP headquarters on Thursday
Chief minister Yogi Aditiynath offers prayers at a temple in Lucknow on Tuesday
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis with Mumbai BJP vice-president Haji Hyder Azam during an Iftar party in Mumbai on Wednesday
M.K. Stalin campaigns in Karur
Police personnel enter a counting centre on the eve of the counting of votes for 2019 Lok Sabha polls at Gole Market in New Delhi on Wednesday
A jawan stands guard at the site of the suicide bomb attack at Lethpora area in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on February 15

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