BJP loses fifth state election as India rocked by citizenship protests
Modi’s Hindu nationalists win 25 of 81 seats in Jharkhand, ending five years of rule
The Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has lost a key state election, a setback for the party as it faces huge anti-government protests against a new citizenship law.
According to results announced by country’s Election Commission late on Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, yielded power to an alliance forged among the opposition Congress party and powerful regional groups in eastern Jharkhand state, where the voting took place this month.
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