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| Indian election: Narendra Modi hails 'landmark' win | Indian election: Narendra Modi hails 'landmark' win |
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| Incoming Indian PM Narendra Modi has hailed a "landmark" election victory by his BJP party. | Incoming Indian PM Narendra Modi has hailed a "landmark" election victory by his BJP party. |
| Thanking supporters in his own constituency in his home state of Gujarat, Mr Modi said they had written a new chapter in the country's history. | Thanking supporters in his own constituency in his home state of Gujarat, Mr Modi said they had written a new chapter in the country's history. |
| Votes counted so far suggest the BJP is on course for the most resounding victory by any party for 30 years, trouncing the outgoing Congress Party. | Votes counted so far suggest the BJP is on course for the most resounding victory by any party for 30 years, trouncing the outgoing Congress Party. |
| The controversial leader campaigned on promises to revive the economy. | The controversial leader campaigned on promises to revive the economy. |
| However, many Indians still have profound concerns over Mr Modi because of claims he did little to stop the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, in which at least 1,000 people died, most of them Muslims - allegations he has always denied and over which he was never charged. | |
| "In the 60-year history of Indian independence, I have never seen this in the Indian media, what you have done in our country," Mr Modi said, as supporters shouted "Modi, Modi, Modi". | |
| The election result will be a crushing blow to the Congress party, which is led by the Nehru-Gandhi family and has dominated Indian politics since independence. | |
| Accepting defeat, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said: "We humbly respect the verdict of the people." |