elections have reaffirmed the brand of indian democracy, as you yourself in your report suggested. so the indian democracy and that sense, especially in the last ten years, was under siege, at least in perceptions under the west and everywhere else in the world. so that reaffirms that the indian democracy is widespread and robust. as far as great powers are confirmed, great issues like the ukraine crisis for that matter, i don t think congress or the bjp would ve made a different choice. you know, russia is an important player for india, choice. you know, russia is an important playerfor india, and ukraine isjust too important playerfor india, and ukraine is just too far. and lastly, american interests, vis a vis china, would remain robust in india. so india really had no interest to go out of the way on ukraine. so
significantly today, they re looking at it as a turning point and that s why, when we went to their headquarters today, there were big celebrations today, almost with equal fervor as we saw at the bjp s headquarters. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let s look at another story making the headlines. a newborn baby girl found abandoned in east london on a freezing cold night injanuary is the third child to be left by the same parents. dna tests established that baby elsa is the sibling of a boy and a girl found in very similar circumstances in 2017 and 2019. our correspondent sanchia berg was given permission to report these details by east london family court. the baby boy, harry, was found in plaistow in september 2017, abandoned shortly after he was born. a newborn girl, roman, came 16 months later, injanuary 2019, in a park close to the roman road
of the key constituencies, i think one of the biggest stories for me is ayodhya, the city in which prime minister modi inaugurated a grand hindu temple injanuary. it sits on a site that was, for decades, disputed between hindus and muslims before it was handed over that hindus by a court decision. so it was a controversial site. this opening of the temple was expected to dominate the election, it was expected to galvanise hindu votes for prime minister modi and it s in that constituency that the bjp has lost with a huge margin. so clearly using the hindu card, it doesn t seem to have worked in a lot of places. other than that, when we were on the ground talking to people, a lot of people, especially young people told us that unemployment is a big issue for them and they didn t believe that mr modi had done enough to resolve that. so what will this result mean
let s begin in india, where the world s biggest election has seen narendra modi securing a rare third consecutive term in office. but his ruling bharatiya janata party fell short of an absolute majority which means the party will have to rely on a coalition where consensus will be key for pushing through any economic policy. arunoday mukharji reports. i m outside the indian parliament, where the government in power and lawmakers will be deliberating on economic policy for the next five years. now, while india remains a bright spot in the world and remains one of the fastest growing economies in the world, there are also several challenges, especially unemployment, which remains high. according to the international labour organization, 83% of the unemployed were educated youth in the country. manufacturing as a share of the gdp has been stagnant for the last decade. private consumption has been at 3%, which has been at its slowest in the last two decades. now, according to the world i
even on contradictory issues like this, i think the bjp government will continue the same course, even with it even within a coalition. same course, even with it even within a coalition. thank ou ve even within a coalition. thank you very much even within a coalition. thank you very much for even within a coalition. thank you very much for your- even within a coalition. thank. you very much for your insight. all the results and analysis from this election on our website bbc.com/news. the leaders of britain s two largest political parties have clashed in a bad tempered televised debate the first to take place ahead of next month s general election. they were responding to issues raised from the studio audience on the cost of living crisis, health and social care, education and taxes. here s our political editor, chris mason. is tonight the night you can turn things around, prime minister? the big question for rishi sunak. the polls aren t budging. could this be the moment f