This story belongs to the Fortune India Magazine June 2025 issue.
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IN JUNE LAST YEAR, when the results of the Lok Sabha elections were announced and the Bharatiya Janata Party secured 240 seats, it had to depend on its National Democratic Alliance partners to form a government. At that moment, the question on everyone’s mind was, will Prime Minister Narendra Modi be able to successfully lead an alliance without the BJP being in the majority?
Given the compulsions of alliance leaders under previous coalitions, the concern was whether coalition pressures will undermine the policy plank of the government.