Jubilant atmosphere: BJP supporters holding a photograph of Modi as they celebrate vote counting results in the Bihar election. — AFP
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition is headed to win a key state election in a vote seen as a crucial test of Modi’s popularity in one of the country’s poorest yet most politically influential states.
Partial results yesterday from the Election Commission of India, the country’s election watchdog, showed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, or NDA, expected to take 208 seats of the 243-member legislature in eastern Bihar state.
