Election setback will not sway Modi from agenda of change

Despite new dependence on allies, Indian PM unlikely to dilute leadership approach

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims victory on June 4: While the BJP's glass may look half empty, it won more seats than the 37 INDIA parties combined. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)

Sreeram Chaulia is director general of the Jindal India Institute in Sonipat, India, and the author of "Crunch Time: Narendra Modi's National Security Crises."

In his reelection campaign, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi often invoked his goal of making India a developed nation by 2047. With his coalition's parliamentary majority unexpectedly and dramatically reduced, however, Modi's horizons will have to shrink somewhat.

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