As expected, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared victory in India’s mega-election, but the victory was not the landslide he’d promised his followers. Not only has Modi lost face, but the opposition party has been invigorated by the results, and Modi will likely have to fight harder to pass legislation going forward. Host Marco Werman gets the details from reporter Sushmita Pathak in Delhi.
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