Modi Secures Coalition Support, Handing Him Third Term in Power
- NDA unanimously backs Modi as leader of coalition, BJP says
- Ruling party failed to win outright majority in parliament
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won crucial backing from two key allies in his coalition, allowing him to form a government and extend his decade in power.
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was forced into coalition talks following the BJP’s loss of its majority in parliamentary elections. Leaders of the National Democratic Alliance, including Nitish Kumar of Janata Dal (United) and N. Chandrababu Naidu of the Telugu Desam Party, met Wednesday in New Delhi to thrash out an agreement and give its backing to the coalition.