With an overwhelming victory in India’s most important state election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured his place as the country’s most influential leader in more than three decades, eclipsing his rivals and positioning his party for a second term in 2019.
His Bharatiya Janata Party won a clear majority in Uttar Pradesh that will allow Modi to aggressively push his economic agenda, although he will still face entrenched opposition to some reforms in the upper house of parliament.
