NEW DELHI: The stunning election loss suffered yesterday by India's ruling Hindu nationalists was the price paid for their focus on the surging urban economy instead of the rural masses, analysts said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) “India Shining” campaign slogan touted India's blistering 8% economic growth, proliferating mobile phones and shiny highways – a vision that jarred for the poor still struggling for food, water and electricity.
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