From the Urdu Press: ‘Stage set for an aggressive Opposition’, ‘Naidu, Nitish past masters of coalition politics’

The outcome of the 18th Lok Sabha elections has turned out to be historic. Debunking all exit polls, which collectively pointed to the BJP’s spectacular victory for the third consecutive term, the results saw the incumbent party way short of the majority mark, even as the Opposition INDIA alliance put up an impressive show against all odds. Capturing the entire spectrum of the poll results, the Urdu dailies saw in them the triumph of “a pluralistic, democratic India driven by the Constitution”. Flagging the return of the coalition era, the dailies underlined the point that the Narendra Modi-led government 3.0 will have a decisive imprint of the NDA.

ROZNAMA RASHTRIYA SAHARA

Commenting on the Lok Sabha poll results, the multi-edition Roznama Rashtriya Sahara, in its editorial on June 5, writes that the people of India have finally spoken, sending a remarkable message to the rulers of the country. While they may have signalled that the incumbent Prime Minister Modi could steer the government for the third term, their verdict is not decisively in favour of his party BJP or a single-party rule, the editorial says. “The mandate of 2024 polls is for a coalition government. Spearheading the BJP’s campaign, PM Modi had repeatedly set the target of 370 seats for the BJP and ‘400 paar’ (beyond 400) for the NDA. The election results have put paid to such claims.”

By taking over the reins at the head of the NDA government, Modi would become the second PM after Jawaharlal Nehru to retain his office for the third consecutive time, but one of the key differences between them in this regard would be the fact that Nehru had led the Congress to a landslide victory for his third term too, the daily states. Modi will have to depend critically