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A tale of two prime ministers: All change in politics as May goes and Modi stays

India’s prime minister Narendra Modi

By: Keerthi Mohan

by AMIT ROY THE contrast between what was happening in London and Delhi last week could not be sharper or more dramatic. While British prime minister Theresa May’s three years in office ended in tears outside 10 Downing Street on a beautifully sunny morning, India’s Narendra Modi was being showered with rose petals after winning a second five-year term as prime minister. In 2017, the British prime minister called a general election and, against all expectation, lost the Conservative majority. In India, the conventional wisdom was that Modi would probably be back with a greatly reduced number of seats. No…

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