Victorious Modi fights tears in first address to Indian parliament


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  • Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), arrives to attend the BJP parliamentary party meeting at parliament house in New Delhi May 20, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Narendra Modi fought back tears in an emotional first address to his party in India's colonnaded parliament house on Tuesday, after the Hindu nationalist swept to power in an election that has changed the face of politics in the country.

Modi will be India's next prime minister after leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a historic victory in a ballot that ended on Friday. He is likely to take his oath of office to lead the world's biggest democracy on Monday.

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