Narendra Modi's opposition BJP won India's biggest election victory

The election verdict is out. And it is unanimous. First time in history since 1984, India has given a clear mandate to a single party. At the time of writing, the Narendra Modi led NDA was leading in 333 seats out of the possible 543. It needs to win 272 seats to form a single majority. This in all likelihood appears to be quite evident. If it happens, it will be a watershed event in the history of Indian elections. Until now coalition nature of politics was the key hindrance for growth as policy making suffered in such an environment. However, a single party government by its nature would offer more freedom to Narendra Modi, in order to execute his development propaganda, on which he wooed the Indian public at large. With the people of India giving a clear mandate to NDA, the ball would be now in their court. It would be interesting to see how Modi led NDA will manoeuvre the government machinery which has been plagued with rust over the last 10 years.