Modi`s party confident after polls predict India election victory
(WorldNews Politics)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s party said Monday that exit polls from the country`s marathon election showed an `overwhelming` vote in favour of a second term for the Hindu nationalist leader. About 65 percent of India`s 900 million-strong electorate turned out over the six weeks of voting, the election commission said. While the country faces a nerve-jangling three day wait until the official count begins, media polls after Sunday`s final round said Modi`s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies would secure enough seats to form a new government. Modi, who fought an acrimonious campaign framed around his tough stance on national security, and other top BJP leaders made no...