Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a victory speech at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi on March 12, 2017, a day after votes were counted in legislative assembly elections in five Indian states. Narendra Modi's party won a landslide victory in India's most populous state in a massive vote of confidence for the prime minister halfway into his first term. Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party won a surprise absolute majority in Uttar Pradesh in the north, which is home to 220 million people and seen as a key indicator of national politics. / AFP PHOTO / Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)
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