In their latest AFR opinion piece, India Avenue highlights Narendra Modi’s emphatic victory in India’s national election.

“… Modi’s 2nd term in power clearly shows that the people of India continue to back his pro growth agenda, despite some road bumps in the previous 5 years. With a mandate now to accelerate reforms, we feel India is at an inflection point in its economic development.

Facing a half-billion person rural-to-urban migration over the next decade, India’s PM now has a mandate to accelerate reform.

Narendra Modi scored an emphatic victory in India’s elections on Thursday (Friday AEST) as the National Democratic Alliance captured an estimated 340-plus seats of the 543-seat Lok Sabha (Lower House). Modi’s own Bharatiya Janata Party, which sits within the NDA, captured an estimated majority on its own right with just over 300 seats.

This was not the expected result six months ago …“