New Delhi: The landslide victory for Narendra Modi has made it to the front pages and home pages of most of the top newspapers and magazines in the United States and United Kingdom. The Indian election is the top story on home pages of most important international news outlets.
The New York Times has carried a big headline proclaiming Modi's victory. It says 'Sweeping Win for Nationalists Outs India's Ruling Party'. The NYT's first leads says "India's opposition leader, Narendra Modi, swept into power as prime minister-elect on Friday, as voters delivered a crushing verdict on the corruption scandals and flagging economic growth that have plagued their country in recent years.
The Washington Post headline says 'Modi claims victory in India: We will take everybody along'. It writes "After a grueling campaign, economic reformer and Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is set to become India's next prime minister, with his opposition party sweeping to a landmark victory as vote tallying draws to a close.
Modi, 63, chief minister of the western state of India, had campaigned on a message of hope and revitalization at a time when the country was dispirited by a stalled economy and a sense that its once-bright promise had dimmed."
International magazine 'Time' writes "The Bharatiya Janata Party has scored a major victory and appears on track to have won a majority of seats in the lower house of Parliament, pulling off the best election performance by a single party in decades and paving the way for Narendra Modi to become the nation's next Prime Minister.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has scored a major victory in India's national elections and appears on track to have won a majority of seats in India's lower house of Parliament, paving the way for Narendra Modi to become the nation's next Prime Minister."
Guardian under the headline "Modi and BJP sweep to power in Indian election" writes, "The controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi has won a historic landslide election victory in India, the world's largest democracy. With most of the 550m-plus votes counted, Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) appeared to have far exceeded all predictions and had close to an outright majority of the 543 elected seats in India's lower house. With its allies' seats included, the BJP appeared set to hold more than 330.
The Congress party, which has been in power since 2004, appeared to be heading for its lowest ever tally, winning only 42 seats by mid-afternoon."
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