The charismatic Narendra Modi will lead a majority government for India. The last election to produce a majority government was in 1984.
Modi¡¯s journey from the humble origins of a low-caste tea vendor to prime minister of over a billion people is no less stirring than U.S. President Barack Obama¡¯s story, with rather more substantial executive experience. Modi won because voters rejected the stale, populist and patronizing politics of a corrupt Congress coterie around a cocooned first family. They were drawn instead to Modi¡¯s promise that the country deserves and can do better: remember the hope and excitement of ¡°Yes we can¡°?
The biggest indictment of Congress may well be that Modi could never have been their prime ministerial candidate. The cultural-intellectual elite fears he could unleash sectarian violence; ordinary Indians hope his victory portends development, growth, jobs, public probity and administrative competence.
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