Foreign media technically rejoice 'partial win' ... successful in bring's Modi's tally .... but could not prevent him score hat-trick ::: "Modi Loses His Aura of Invincibility'"

'Modi Loses His Aura of Invincibility', read the headline in The New York Times

'Modi left at mercy of Muslim-friendly allies', was the headline in Jinnah-founded 'Dawn' in Pakistan !!

From the New York Times in the US to the Malaysian daily The Star, most news outlets highlighted how Narendra Modi was voted back to power but with a lower victory margin. 

Pakistani daily Dawn interpreted it in terms of the minority population.

China's Global Times saw the lesser number of seats for the BJP as a constraint for Prime Minister Modi, saying his "ambition to compete with Chinese manufacturing and improve India's business environment will be difficult to accomplish".

'Needing Help to Stay in Power, Modi Loses His Aura of Invincibility,' was The New York Times headline for the news report on the Lok Sabha election result.

The US media outlet wrote how though Modi would form the government, the election was a neck-to-neck battle between the BJP and the opposition, and how he will now have to rely on support from his coalition partners.  

The BJP’s “excessive obsession” with retaining Singh in Manipur only added to the seething anger among Christian voters. Perhaps it's time to examine what went wrong because Modi and his BJP believe they are “good readers of the people’s pulse," says Catholic website UCA News ran from Vatican. 

The BJP’s only consolation this time was in Hindu-majority Assam and Tripura states, as well as Arunachal Pradesh, where Christians make up around 30 percent of the population. It equaled its tally of 2019 in these states.

In Assam, the largest state in the northeast region, the BJP won nine seats against the Congress’ three while one seat each went to two regional parties, says UCAN. 

The London-based The Times newspaper guessed that "India's poorest voters stopped the prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata Party from winning outright, forcing him to rely on support from the National Democratic Alliance."

There is no data backing the claim that it was exactly the poor that made this happen. In fact, the welfare schemes of the BJP government and the direct benefit transfer (DBT) has been a hit with the poor in India.

Its headline was 'India election results: Modi in coalition talks after losing majority'.

They wrote, "Modi was forced to turn to local partners from the National Democratic ­Alliance (NDA) for support after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to retain its majority in the world’s largest general election, let alone achieve a predicted landslide."

"India election: Modi-led alliance seals majority The coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party has passed the 272-seat threshold needed for a majority, official results show. But the opposition has made major gains," reported Germany's DW.  

"Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a heavy symbolic blow from election defeat in the constituency where just five months earlier he inaugurated a grand temple to the Hindu god Rama.

The inauguration of Ram Mandir had more than anything demonstrated the triumph of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the world's most populous country with a Hindu revivalist message that left some Muslims and other minority groups feeling sidelined," Newsweek. 

'Deutsche Welle' asks if results are 'setback for PM Modi'

'Le Monde' (French) says Modi failed to win by landslide

France's Le Monde wrote, "Modi set to remain India's PM but fails to win by landslide." " After 10 years of uninterrupted power, the prime minister won the parliamentary elections on Tuesday, June 4, with a narrow majority, at the end of a six-week marathon election."

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