Tsu-NaMo wave: India celebrates BJP's landslide victory

[caption id=“attachment_85011” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] Supporters take photographs of a portrait of Narendra Modi, made with colored powder and surrounded by rose petals, at the party office in Gandhinagar. Modi will be India’s next prime minister, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in more than a quarter century and sweeping the long-dominant Congress party from power. AP[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_85009” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] Thousands of cheering supporters welcomed India’s next prime minister Narendra Modi on his arrival in the capital today after leading his party to a staggering victory in national elections. The victory parade came a day after the party crossed the 272-seat majority needed to create a government without forming a coalition with smaller parties. AP[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_85010” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] Modi greets the crowd with a victory symbol outside the New Delhi airport. AP Photo[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_85012” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] The BJP’s landslide victory on Friday cheered foreign investors hoping pro-business Narendra Modi would kick-start India’s stalled economy and usher in real change. They also expect Indian companies sitting on cash piles to put some of that money to work as the policy environment improves. AP[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_85013” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] The Indian stock markets reached a record high on Friday after Modi was set to sweep the national poll, the clearest election success India has seen in 30 years. Gujarat now enjoys double-digit growth and there is no question that Modi has run an economically tight ship, but investors will now expect Modi to deliver on a national scale. AP[/caption]