Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party BJP has suffered a major setback by losing a key election in Karnataka, despite the prime minister having thrust himself to the forefront of the campaign, EDnews informs via DW.
India's main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, has won a key state election in Karnataka, defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday.
The Congress party has won 126 seats of the state assembly's 224 seats so far, according to the Election Commission website.
The party is slated to win 10 more seats, putting it on track to form a government in India's eighth most populous state. A party needs at least 113 seats to form the government in the state.