Despite the pandemic, India’s ruling party triumphs again
An alliance led by Narendra Modi’s BJP wins an election in Bihar, the second-biggest state
AS THE STATE of Bihar went to the polls at the end of October, its 125m citizens were contending with both the pandemic and the associated economic slump. Would they punish the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of the prime minister, Narendra Modi? Exit polls suggested they might.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Against daunting odds”
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