Indian Election: Why It Matters

By Washington Examiner

Published May 16, 2014 3:38pm ET

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Indian Election: Why It Matters — Indians take photographs of a map of India holding a portrait of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, made with colored powder and surrounded by rose petals, at the party office in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014. 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, partial results showed Friday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) | Saurabh Das

NEW DELHI (AP) — As India’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party storms to victory in general elections, India — and the world — will be watching what comes next.

The election that is sweeping Narendra Modi into the prime minister’s office has important implications beyond India’s borders in terms of foreign policy, foreign investment and, some say, religious extremism.

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