Assembly election results 2023: What foreign media said about PM Modi as BJP wins MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh
Hindustan TimesAs the Bharatiya Janata Party's saffron Tsunami swept the Hindi heartland on Sunday, the counting day for four states that polled for their assemblies in November, with stunning victories in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, foreign media saw the results as an indication of voters' mood ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eyeing a third consecutive term. Bloomberg reported that while the assembly polls aren’t a proxy for 2024’s general elections, the fact that the opposition lost fairly comprehensively will buoy the ruling party and Modi ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Another foreign news agency AFP reported the victories in the three states further boosted the BJP and Modi, who is already the favourite to win his third consecutive term in office next year. “The results are seen as yet another setback for the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty scion Rahul Gandhi, 53, who led the opposition centre-left Indian National Congress party's aggressive and personal campaign directly targeting Modi,” it added.