In the campaign, Modi and his BJP party employed tactics aimed at exploiting caste and religious divisions. But that strategy doesn’t appear to be working.

A formidable obstacle looms in Narendra Modi’s way on the road to the prime ministership, and her name is Jayalalitha. She can be an indispensable ally, or the cause of countless headaches.

As Modi draws closer to becoming India’s next Prime Minister, BJP candidates continue to express anti-Muslim sentiments. Concerns that Modi hasn’t sufficiently renounced his party’s sectarianism still linger.

Narendra Modi and the BJP are using Modi lookalikes to help campaign in India’s election.

Modi is amplifying the Hindu Nationalist aspect of his message as India’s largest state begins to vote.

Rahul Gandhi is coming under fire for the Congress Party’s role in violent riots in 1984 that left almost 3,000 Sikhs dead. Thirty years later, it’s becoming an election issue again.

The ruling Congress Party in India was overwhelmingly defeated in several recent state elections, and it now faces a steep uphill battle as national elections loom on the horizon. The BJP, with the charismatic, Hindu-nationalist and business friendly Narendra Modi at the helm, is ascendant. But the Common Man Party, which runs on an anti-corruption platform, surprised with some strong numbers.