The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has already declared himself winner of the legislative elections and has celebrated what he considers a “historical feat“, despite the fact that the final results reduce support for his coalition and On the other hand, they place the opposition with better data than the polls predicted.

“The population has trusted the NDA,” he wrote on his X social network account, alluding to the National Democratic Alliance, of which the Prime Minister’s Indian People’s Party (BJP) is a part. Modi has stressed that will continue to govern “for the third consecutive time.”

“We will continue with the good work of the last decade to meet the aspirations of citizens,” he promised, after his coalition has managed to retain the absolute majority in Parliament despite the setback granted by the electoral commission, which already reflects a loss of more than fifty seats.

Center-left coalition Inclusive Alliance for National Development of India rises

On the other hand, the center-left coalition Inclusive Alliance for the National Development of India (INDIA) rises, which with 25 parties has achieved around a hundred more seats. The main party of this bloc, the Indian National Congress (INC), doubles its representation in Parliament.

The leader of the Congress Party of India, Mallikarjun Jarge, highlighted in a press conference that The results “represent a moral and political defeat” for Modi. “It is clear that the result is against Modi,” he said, as reported by the newspaper ‘The Times of India’.

Rahul Gandhi, former president of the party and one of its main figures, has also highlighted that the party “fought in these elections not only against the BJP, but also against the institutions and government structure in the country, the Intelligence services and the judicial apparatus”.

“These institutions have been captured by (Interior Minister) Amit Shah and Narendra Modi,” he denounced, before announcing that on Wednesday there will be a meeting between the members of the INDIA coalition to address the possibility of forming a Government. “We are not going to make statements without asking our allies,” she stressed.

“Our alliance will decide tomorrow and we will act in line with what is decided,” said Gandhi – released on bail in February after being arrested for a defamation case dating back to 2018 -, while praising that “the India’s poorest and most marginalized have risen up to save the Constitution.