BJP storms to victory with the party emerging as the first one to
single-handedly win majority in the national elections in 30 years.
India's prime minister-elect Narendra Modi was to make a triumphant
entrance to New Delhi Saturday after leading his Hindu nationalist party
to an historic landslide victory in the world's largest election, AFP
reports.
The former tea-boy, whose humble background is a world away from that
of the prevailing Delhi elite, is expected to be greeted by thousands of
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters when he flies into the capital
to prepare for a five-year stint as premier.
The 63-year-old, who has never held office at national level, pledged
on Friday to fulfil the dreams of all of India's 1.2 billion people in
an effort to allay fears that still linger among Muslims who remember
communal riots in his home state of Gujarat in 2002. "I want to take all of you with me to take this country forward... it is my responsibility to take all of you with me to run this country," Modi said in what was effectively a farewell speech to the people of Gujarat after a 13-year stint as its chief minister.
- Reflecting his long-running theme that the world's second most populous country must make itself a force to be reckoned with, Modi also pledged "to make the 21st century India's century".
Source: Agencies
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